@article{IvanovaKoesterHolsteinetal.2021,
  author    = {Ivanova, Svetlana and K{\"o}ster, Eva and Holstein, Julian J. and Keller, Niklas and Clever, Guido H. and Bein, Thomas and Beuerle, Florian},
  title     = {Isoreticular crystallization of highly porous cubic covalent organic cage compounds},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
  number    = {32},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.202102982},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256462},
  pages     = {17455-17463},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Modular frameworks featuring well-defined pore structures in microscale domains establish tailor-made porous materials. For open molecular solids however, maintaining long-range order after desolvation is inherently challenging, since packing is usually governed by only a few supramolecular interactions. Here we report on two series of nanocubes obtained by co-condensation of two different hexahydroxy tribenzotriquinacenes (TBTQs) and benzene-1,4-diboronic acids (BDBAs) with varying linear alkyl chains in 2,5-position. n-Butyl groups at the apical position of the TBTQ vertices yielded soluble model compounds, which were analyzed by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. In contrast, methyl-substituted cages spontaneously crystallized as isostructural and highly porous solids with BET surface areas and pore volumes of up to 3426 m\(^2\) g\(^{-1}\) and 1.84 cm\(^3\) g\(^{-1}\). Single crystal X-ray diffraction and sorption measurements revealed an intricate cubic arrangement of alternating micro- and mesopores in the range of 0.97-2.2 nm that are fine-tuned by the alkyl substituents at the BDBA linker.},
  language  = {en}
}