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Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 07;46(21):3660-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00012d. Epub 2010 Apr 27.

A new ligand for metal-organic framework and co-crystal synthesis: mechanochemical route to rctt-1,2,3,4-tetrakis-(4'-carboxyphenyl)-cyclobutane.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Goutam Kumar Kole, Lip Lin Koh, So Young Lee, Shim Sung Lee, Jagadese J Vittal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore-117543.

PMID: 20424782 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00012d

Abstract

A novel method to access rctt-1,2,3,4-tetrakis-(4'-carboxyphenyl)-cyclobutane in quantitative yield from an environmentally benign route is presented. The cyclobutane derivative is demonstrated as a potential candidate to serve as an organic building block for making co-crystal and MOF.

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