A spectroscopic and computational study of a tough MOF with a fragile linker: Ce-UiO-66-ADC.

The thermolabile acetylene dicarboxylic acid has been introduced as linker in UiO-66 topology, synthetizing the compound with formula [Ce6O4(OH)(4)(ADC)(6)] and denoted as Ce-UiO-66-ADC MOF. The characterization by multi-technique approach coupled with computational modelling revealed a peculiar intrinsic defective nature related to the nature of the linker.