Room temperature aqueous synthesis of UiO-66 derivatives via postsynthetic exchange.

Herein, we report the room temperature aqueous synthesis of the Zr(IV)-based metal-organic framework UiO-66 and a series of functionalized UiO-66 derivatives through postsynthetic exchange (PSE) from a perfluorinated UiO-66-F4 precursor. All synthesized MOFs in this study were thoroughly characterized to verify formation of the desired MOF, porosity, crystallinity, and exchanged ligand content. This report represents a green, aqueous, room temperature synthesis of a highly valued series of Zr(IV)-based MOFs.