2018 Volume 71 Pages 39-48
In this account, a new method for the creation of porous functional materials based on the self-organization of metallomacrocycles is described. For instance, the authors have developed a new series of porous molecular crystals, metal–macrocycle frameworks (MMFs), through crystallization of Pd3-macrocycles. It was also found that MMFs with multiple binding pockets on the pore surface served as excellent host frameworks for precise molecular arrangement, chiral recognition, sizespecific catalytic reaction, and in situ observation of a molecular adsorption process. In addition, the one-dimensional assembly of metallomacrocycles is also described as another approach for the construction of metal-modified pores and various metal arrays. This method is therefore one of the promising ways to develop unique porous materials such as highly efficient and selective catalysts based on the precise arrangement of guest compounds and metal ions in the pores.
