Cheng-Peng Li, Hang Zhou, Si Wang, Jing Chen, Zhong-Liang Wang and Miao Du
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 9206-9209
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC04527A,
Communication
The single-crystal to single-crystal (SC–SC) transformation from a 1D coordination chain to a 3D coordination network, which is triggered by both solvent and anion exchanges, has been revealed to suffer from a tandem mechanism as proved by isolation of the intermediate state. The resulting porous crystalline material shows a high efficiency for the capture of dichromates (207 mg g−1) via the SC–SC anion-exchange.