Abstract

Effective and selective capture of environmentally toxic Cr2O72- from water is desirable for both environment protection and human health, but it still remains a significant challenge. We present a water-stable cationic metal-organic framework (MOF) with large nanotubular channels ( ca. 1.4 × 1.4 nm2), (1-Cl). Remarkably, the resulting porous material exhibits rapid aqueous-phase removal of Cr2O72- via an anion-exchange manner. Meaningfully, the capture and separation of aqueous Cr2O72- are highly selective even in the presence of other disturbing anions. More importantly, the crystal structure of 1-Cl after anion exchange (1-Cr2O7) could be determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elaborating the single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SC-SC) transformation. The Cr2O72- removal process by 1-Cl thus was directly uncovered by the crystal structure of Cr2O72--incorporated 1-Cr2O7.

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