Abstract
Since the discovery of the fascinating structures and properties of porous coordination polymers (PCPs), also known as metal—organic frameworks (MOFs), the designing skills and synthetic methods for their functional frameworks have been developed extensively. PCPs have highly regular porous structure, and their functions are tunable by modifying the framework and pore surface. Enormous efforts have been spent for preparing pure and well-designed PCPs to deliver and improve the objective properties. Due to their structures consist of multiple inorganic and organic components, quasi-stable byproducts or isomers are often obtained depending on synthetic conditions. Many synthetic techniques have been transferred from other research areas, which produced diversity of PCPs’ structures and functions. In this review, we introduce various methods for the preparation of PCPs, one-pot reaction, stepwise integration, solvothermal reaction, microwave-assisted reaction, post-synthesis modification, mechanochemical reaction and so on, with key factors for optimizing reaction parameters of selective synthesis. Comprehension of the synthetic strategies and methods would contribute to develop new functional PCPs.
