Correction: Correlation between Cu ion migration behaviour and deNOx activity in Cu-SSZ-13 for the standard NH3-SCR reaction.

Correction for 'Correlation between Cu ion migration behaviour and deNOx activity in Cu-SSZ-13 for the standard NH3-SCR reaction' by A. M. Beale et al., Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 6170-6173.

Pitfalls in metal-organic framework crystallography: towards more accurate crystal structures.

Single crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) is the principal method for determining the crystal structures of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). This tutorial deals with the handling of MOF crystals and analysis of crystallographic data obtained from single-crystal X-ray diffraction, focusing on two features that are particularly important in MOF crystallography and have a large impact on the quality and reliability of the final crystal structures: (1) the treatment of pore-occupying entities (both in the physical crystals and in the crystallographic model) and (2) crystallographic twinning. Proper handling of samples and data will reduce the need for using solvent masking software (e.g. SQUEEZE) to obtain acceptable crystal structures. If SC-XRD is to retain its position as the definitive method of MOF structure determination, these issues must be addressed when a new MOF structure is determined and reported. The issues addressed in this review is also valid for other porous, crystalline solids such as porous organic cages, metal-organic polyhedra, covalent organic frameworks and zeotype materials.

Two new Cu(ii) and La(iii) 2D coordination polymers, synthesis and in situ structural analysis by X-ray diffraction.

Two new coordination polymers were synthesized solvothermally using 4,4'-dimethoxy-3,3'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid (H2dmbpdc), and di- and trivalent metal salts (Cu(NO3)2·2.5H2O and La(NO3)3·6H2O). Their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and their thermal stability was evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis. The copper compound Cu(dmbpdc)(DMF; N,N-dimethylformamide), CPO-71-Cu, is based on the well known copper acetate paddlewheel secondary building unit. The asymmetric unit comprises one copper cation with one DMF molecule and one linker molecule coordinated. The lanthanum compound La2(dmbpdc)3(DMF)(H2O)3, CPO-72-La, is formed from a dimer of nine-coordinate, edge sharing lanthanum cations. To this dimer, three water molecules and one DMF molecule are coordinated in an ordered fashion. In addition, the asymmetric unit contains three crystallographically unique linker molecules. Both CPO-71-Cu and CPO-72-La form two-dimensional layered structures, and topological analyses reveal sql topologies with point symbol 4(4)·6(2) and vertex symbol 4·4·4·4·6(2)·6(2). The thermal behavior of CPO-71-Cu was investigated in an in situ structural analysis by variable temperature powder- and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Correlation between Cu ion migration behaviour and deNOx activity in Cu-SSZ-13 for the standard NH3-SCR reaction.

Here we present the results of a synchrotron-based in situ, time-resolved PXRD study during activation of two Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts under O2/He and one during standard NH3-SCR reaction conditions to obtain insight into the behaviour of Cu ions. The results obtained indicate that deNOx activity is inexorably linked with occupancy of the zeolite 6r.