Synthesis, structure and property of boron-based metal–organic materials

Abstract

During the past few decades, metal–organic materials (MOMs) including metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), metal–organic cages (MOCs) and metallacycles have captured widespread interests due to their wide applications in energy storage, catalysis, sensor, gas storage and separation, and biological relevant applications. Thus, exploring new MOMs, studying their physical and chemical properties and applications have become one of the most attractive and exciting areas of inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and supramolecular chemistry. Among which, boron-based metal–organic materials (BMOMs), constructed from the boron-containing ligands, have attracted considerable attention because of the unique properties of boron atom, which arises from their unoccupied 2p orbital, endowing these materials with unique potentials in light-harvesting, catalysis, fluorescent sensing, biomedical, etc. In this Review, we summarize the recent research progress in BMOMs, including MOFs, MOCs and metallacycles with their synthesis, properties and potential applications.