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A Chiral Metal—Organic Framework Prepared on Large-Scale for Sensitive and Enantioselective Fluorescence Recognition

by
Xin-Mei Zhang
1,
Yan-Mei Bai
1,
Lu-Lu Ai
1,
Fang-Hui Wu
1,
Wei-Long Shan
1,
Yan-Shang Kang
1,*,
Li Luo
2,*,
Kai Chen
3 and
Fan Xu
4
1
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China
2
School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
3
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
4
SJTU SMSE—Mingguang Joint Research Center for Advanced Palygoskite Materials, Mingguang Mingyao Attapulgite Industry Technology Co., Ltd., Chuzhou 239400, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2023, 28(12), 4593; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28124593
Submission received: 11 April 2023 / Revised: 3 May 2023 / Accepted: 8 May 2023 / Published: 7 June 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Their Applications)
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Abstract

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MOF-based luminescent sensors have garnered considerable attention due to their potential in recognition and discrimination with high sensitivity, selectivity, and fast response in the last decades. Herein, this work describes the bulk preparation of a novel luminescent homochiral MOF, namely, [Cd(s-L)](NO3)2 (MOF-1), from an enantiopure pyridyl-functionalized ligand with rigid binaphthol skeleton under mild synthetic condition. Except for the features of porosity and crystallinity, the MOF-1 has also been characterized with water-stability, luminescence, and homochirality. Most important, the MOF-1 exhibits highly sensitive molecular recognition toward the4-nitrobenzoic acid (NBC) and moderate enantioselective detection of proline, arginine, and 1-phenylethanol.

1. Introduction

Due to rising concern about environmental issues and human health, chemical recognition for industrial and pharmaceutical pollutants has become a hot-topic research focus over the last decades [1,2]. Particularly in domestic water, both organic pollutants and heavy-metal anions will cause irreversible organ damage when accumulated to a certain threshold in the food chain [3,4]. Therefore, the development of a simple and fast-responses method to recognize these pollutants is a vital but challenging task. Despite of the attentive study and great successes in discrete complexes as chemical sensors, their practical applications have been hindered by the limited recyclability and synthetic challenges [5,6,7,8,9,10]. The crystalline and luminescent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted huge interest in recent years because of their potential performance in simultaneous recognition and separation [11,12,13,14].
Asa promising alternative, these crystalline MOFs with periodic network structures are usually assembled from inorganic nodes and organic linkers, equipped with well-defined pore and channel structures. The superiority of luminescent MOFs for selective recognition to other report sensory materials is attributed to an additional mechanism for exclusion of unwanted species in selective sensing [15,16]. Mostly, the reason behind using luminescent MOFs for recognition and discrimination is closely related to preferential interactions between the guest species and the pore surfaces [16,17,18,19]. The structure-related properties of these MOFs, such as chemical stability, pore functionality, and structural tunability, maximize the promotion of dynamic response for various guest molecules/ions [20]. Thus, the key prerequisites to achieve high selectivity and sensitivity are the acquisition of desirable architectures in construction of MOFs [21].
Notably, rational functionalization of organic ligands as linkers is deemed to be an essential factor for design of corresponding functional materials [22,23]. Occasionally, the luminescent intensity of MOFs originating from organic linkers is unstable during the transmission and amplification of recognition signals [24]. To improve luminescence properties, diverse coordinated linkers with conjugated aromatic units are commonly used for their intrinsic optical and electronic performance [25,26,27,28,29]. By comparison, N-containing ligands, as exemplified by pyridine and their derivatives, stand out for their defined coordination fashion and strong coordination abilities [30,31]. Moreover, the preference of N-donating ligands to bond with transition-metal ions in a highly organized manner assures the large-scale synthesis and precise control of MOFs with special structure [32,33,34]. More than that, if chirality is integrated into crystalline architecture using enantiopure N-containing ligands, target MOFs will exhibit preferential interaction with one of the enantiomers rather than another one [35,36]. The inherent features of such strategies in constructing homochiral MOFs open up unique and valuable possibilities to multifunctional materials with diversified specific properties.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1. Synthesis and Characterization

In this context, we aim to present a fluorescent MOF-based sensor comprised of chiral N-containing ligands derived from pyridyl-functionalized binaphthol (BINOL). This distinctive framework is fluorescent and homochiral, which is expected to have good enantioselective performance in chemical recognition [37]. Colorless octahedral crystals of composition [Cd(s-L)](NO3)2 (MOF-1) {s-L = (s)-4,4′,4″,4‴-(2,2′-diethoxy-[1,1′-binaphthalene]-4,4′,6,6′-tetrayl)tetrapyridine} (CCDC2254999 (1)) were formed on a large scale by coordination-driven self-assembly of Cd(NO3)2·4H2O and s-L in 1,4-dioxane/H2O at 30–40 °C for several hours-. The phase purity of bulk samples of MOF-1 was confirmed by comparison of its observed and simulated powder XRD (PXRD) patterns. In addition, MOF-1 was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy.
Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that MOF-1 crystallizes in the hexagonal P64 space group with a Flack parameter of −0.036(12), indicating the enantiomeric purity of the single crystal. The asymmetric unit of MOF-1 contains one Cd2+ ion, half of L ligand and one nitrate ion, with the guest solvent molecules squeezed. The central Cd2+ ion is hexa-coordinated by four pyridyl nitrogen atoms from four L ligands and two oxygen atoms from two NO3−, displaying slightly distorted [CdN4O2] octahedral coordination geometry (Figure 1a). The s-L ligand adopts a tetradentate coordination mode to connect four metal centers via pyridine units (Figure 1b), thus forming a novel three-dimensional (3D)MOF long the a axis. The s-L ligand in MOF-1 is twisted with an axially chiral S-conformation because of the steric hindrance between the naphthyl and ethoxy groups, and the corresponding dihedral angle within the fixed structure is ca. 97.45. As shown in Figure 1d, the MOF-1 possessed 1Dregular hexagonal channels about 9.0 Å in diameter along the c axis (Figure 1d). The total solvent-accessible volume of MOF-1 is estimated to be 27.3%, calculated by using PLATON. To better understand the intrinsic structure, MOF-1 was analyzed by TOPOS 4.0 program 30. Each Cd2+ ionandeachligand simplify to a 4-connected node, respectively, and thus the whole framework could be regarded as binodal (4,4)-connected topology with a point symbol of (43·82).
The Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectrum of MOF-1 showed strong peaks at 1604 cm−1 and 1382 cm−1, which can be attributed to the characteristic peaks of naphthalene and pyridine rings. Furthermore, the stretching vibration adsorption of typical C-O in aromatic ether appears as a middle peak at 1223 cm−1 (Figure S6). Framework stability of MOF-1 was estimated before practical application in complicated actual conditions. The water stability of MOF-1 was validated by PXRD measurements (Figure 2a). After immersion in water for two weeks, all the observed diffraction peaks are nearly identical to those of MOF-1 untreated, demonstrating the high stability of MOF-1 under neutral aqueous solution. The TGA curve of MOF-1 revealed the removal of solvent molecules at 80–150 °C, and the decomposition of crystal framework at 300 °C (Figure S1). According to the analysis of single-crystal structure, there are no solvents or water molecules that coordinate to Cd ions. Thus, the weight loss in the first stage is a consequence of the liberation of free solvent molecules. The permanent porosity of activated MOF-1 was examined by N2 adsorption measurements at 77 K, and the BET surface areas were found to be 290.2 m2/g (Figures S2 and S3).
The solid-state luminescence spectra of MOF-1 shows only one strong emission peak at 467 nm upon excitation at 380 nm, ascribed to intra ligand electron transitions (Figure 2b). The strong emission indicates that MOF-1 is atypical bluish-light material calculated with CIE coordinates. Considering its relatively chemical stability and good fluorescence performance, the luminescence sensing activities of MOF-1 in aqueous solutions were investigated. The crystals of MOF-1 were carefully ground to a powder and well dispersed in aqueous solution with the assistance of ultrasound. Fluorescence emission of the given suspension appeared at a similar position. As expected, 4-nitrobenzoic acid (NBC)as a toxic and explosive molecule, common in waste water, has a negative impact on the fluorescence intensity of the suspension of MOF-1. To further quantitative analyze the luminescence response of the MOF-1 to NBC, a luminescence titration experiment was carried out by gradually increasing the concentration of NBC in the suspension. As depicted in Figure 2c, it was obvious that a certain linear relationship exists between the quenching effect and the amount of NBC in the low concentration. The quenching efficiency was evaluated from the traditional Stern-Völmer equation: I0/I = Ksv[Q]+1, where I0 is the luminescence intensity of the initial suspension of MOF-1, and I is the intensity of the suspension resulting from the addition of the analyte; [Q] is the molar concentration of NBC. The slope of the equation (Ksv) represents the quenching constant. The Ksv value and the limited of detection (LOD) were calculated to be 3.08 × 104 M−1 and 24 ppm (Figure 2d), respectively, which reveal that MOF-1 has excellent sensitivity to recognize NBC in aqueous solution [38,39,40,41,42,43].

2.2. Enantioselective Fluorescent Sensing

To confirm the homochirality of MOF-1, the CD spectrum of bulk crystal was measured in the solid state (Figure S5). The CD signals of the crystalline state were accordant with those of the corresponding enantiomer of ligand, indicating it senantiopurity and chirality derived from the chial 1,1′-naphthyl skeletons. The characteristics of the chiral channels, functional ethoxy group, and good fluorescence performance prompted us to further explore the enantioselectivity of MOF-1 in aqueous solution. When MOF-1 was treated with D/L-Proline (Pro), the emission position of the suspension stayed at 446 nm with no obvious translocation. The fluorescence intensity was decreased along with the D- and L-enantiomers affiliation, but the decrease rate caused by L-Pro was much greater than that by D-Pro, clearly manifesting enantioselectivity in the fluorescence recognition (Figure 3a,b). In addition, the fluorescence quenching of D and L enantiomers at 446 nm also follows the linear relationship of the Stern-Völmer equation. Figure 3c shows Stern-Völmer plots for MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M) in the presence of L- and D-Pro in aqueous solution. The association constants Ksv were calculated to be 718.59 M−1 with L-Pro and 458.54 M−1 with D-Pro, giving an enantioselectivity factor Ksv(MOF-1−L)/Ksv(MOF-1−D) of 1.69. These results encouraged us to further study the enantioselectivity of MOF-1 toward amino acids. Interestingly, the microcrystal MOF-1 dispersed in the suspension, displayed enantioselective binding with L-Arginine (Figure 4). The selectivity factor Ksv(MOF-1−L)/Ksv(MOF-1−D) was determined as 1.51. The enantioselectivity probably decreased because the guanidyl group of Arginine interferes with host–guest interaction in the chiral cavity of MOF-1. More importantly, MOF-1 can also enantioselectively recognize1-Phenylethanol, a widely used edible flavoring. The relative intensity of I/I0 at 446 nm can also be linearly fitted with the concentration of the analyte (Figure 5). Based on the Stern-Völmer equation, MOF-1 exhibited comparable enantioselectivity toward the 1-Phenylethanol quencher with a Ksv(MOF-1−S)/Ksv(MOF-1−R) ratio of 1.55.The sensitivity of MOF-1 essentially benefited from the preconcentration of the channels, which allows these small molecules to easily access the binding sites in low concentration. Furthermore, the fluorescence quenching behaviors were probably traceable to the supramolecular interactions between analyte with MOF-1 in the ground. It should also be pointed out that the crystallinity of MOF-1 remains intact after the chiral recognition process confirmed by PXRD patterns. The above results suggest that MOF-1 as a new fluorescence sensor has the potential to perform enantioselective detection and discrimination in water.

3. Materials and Methods

3.1. General

All of the chemicals and solvents were purchased from commercial sources and used as supplied unless otherwise mentioned. The ligand of (s)-4,4′,4″,4‴-(2,2′-diethoxy-[1,1′-binaphthalene]-4,4′,6,6′-tetrayl)tetrapyridine(s-L) was synthesized as modified in the literature [44]. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data were recorded on a Bruker D8 discover powder diffractometer with Cu Kα radiation. The calculated PXRD pattern was produced using the SHELXTL-XPOW program and single crystal reflection data. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) measurements were conducted under nitrogen atmosphere at a heating rate 10 °C/min with a Shimadzu DTG-60H. Elemental analyses were performed on an Elementar Vario EL III analyzer. IR spectra of the solid samples (KBr tablets) in the range 400–4000 cm−1 were recorded on a Nicolet Magna 750 FT-IR spectrometer. The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms were measured volumetrically using a Micromeritics ASAP 2020 surface area.UV/vis absorption spectra were recorded on a TU-1810 UV/vis spectrophotometer. The solid cicular dichroism (CD) spectra was obtained by using a BRIGHTTME Chirascan CD spectrometer. Single-crystal XRD data of MOF-1 were all collected on a Bruker APEX area-detector X-ray diffractometer with Mo-Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å). The empirical absorption correction was applied by using the SADABS program. The structures were solved using direct methods, and refined on F2 by a full-matrix least-squares method. All calculations were carried out with the SHELXTL program. Disordered solvent molecules that could not be restrained properly were removed using the SQUEEZE routine in all data sets. Crystal data, data collection parameters, and the results of the X-ray diffraction studies are given in Table S1.

3.2. Synthesis of [Cd(s-L)](NO3)2(MOF-1)

A mixture of Cd(NO3)2·4H2O (15.4 mg, 0.28 mmol), s-L (46.0 mg, 0.07 mmol), 1,4-Dioxane (10.0 mL) and H2O (0.5 mL) in a capped vial (20 mL) was stand at 30–40 °C for several hours. Elongated octahedron crystals of MOF-1 suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction were harvested after simple filtration, washed with water and activated with acetone. Data for MOF-1: yield: 56.7 mg, 90%. Elemental analysis calcd (%) for CdC44H34O8N6 (M = 887.17): C, 59.52; H, 3.83; N, 9.47. Found: C, 59.76; H, 3.85, N, 9.49. IR (KBr pellet, cm−1): v = 3446.9 (m), 2978.9 (w), 2427.4 (w), 1604.9 (s), 1587.0 (s), 1543.3 (m), 1488.0 (m), 1454.0 (w), 1382.3 (vs), 1342.1 (w), 1318.2 (w), 1223.8 (m), 1113.7 (w), 1065.9 (w), 1039.6 (w), 837.9 (w), 824.6 (m), 814.3 (m).

4. Conclusions

In summary, we have successfully prepared a novel luminescent MOF with good water stability through the coordination-directed assembly of homochiralpyridyl-functionalized precursor based on rigid binaphthol skeleton. The high-quality crystals can be achieved on a large-scale in a few hours, benefiting from its mild synthetic condition. The fluorescence titration experiments imply that MOF-1 has good sensitivity to detect the organic pollutant NBC in water. Interestingly, the MOF-1 was developed into a fluorescent probe for the chiral sensing of Proline and Arginine with moderate enantioselectivity. In addition, further investigation found that the MOF-1exhibits enantioselective molecule recognition toward 1-Phenylethanol. This work opens an avenue toward the design and synthesis of homochiral MOFs as a potential probe for luminescent sensing of pollutants and enantioselective detection of racemates in water.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/molecules28124593/s1, Figure S1: The TGA Curve of MOF-1; Figure S2: N2 adsorption isotherm of MOF-1; Figure S3: The BET plots of MOF-1; Figure S4: UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectrum of MOF-1; Figure S5: CD spectra of s-L and MOF-1 in the solid at room temperature; Figure S6: The FT-IR spectrum of MOF-1; Figure S7: Fluorescence excitation spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) and in the presence of L-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M) and D-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M); Figure S8: Fluorescence excitation spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) and in the presence of L-Arg (1.0 × 10−2 M) and D-Arg (1.0 × 10−2 M); Figure S9: Fluorescence excitation spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) and in the presence of R-1-Phenyethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M) and S-1-Phenyethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M); Table S1: Selected materials for detection of LODs and Ksv of 4-nitrobenzoic acid; Table S2: Crystal data and structure refinement for MOF-1.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, Y.-S.K. and L.L.; methodology, X.-M.Z.; validation, Y.-M.B. and L.-L.A.; formal analysis, X.-M.Z. and Y.-S.K.; investigation, K.C. and F.X.; writing-original draft preparation, Y.-S.K. and K.C.; writing-review and editing, F.-H.W. and W.-L.S.; supervision, K.C. and L.L.; project administration, Y.-S.K. and K.C.; funding acquisition, Y.-S.K. and F.-H.W. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (22201006), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (2108085QB71), the University Synergy Innovation Program of Anhui Province (GXXT-2022-006).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available in Supplementary Materials.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1. (a) Coordination environment of Cd2+ ion in MOF-1. (Symmetry codes: #1: 1-x, 1-y, z; #2: 2-x, 1-x+y, 1/3-z; #3: -1+x, x-y, 1/3-z; #4: 1-x+y, y, 1-z); (b) Coordination style of s-L ligand; (c) Polyhedral view of 3D framework of MOF-1 from a axis; (d) Space-filling of the porous 3D framework of MOF-1 with 1D hexagon channel; (e) (4,4)-connected topology. Hydrogen atoms and solvent molecules are omitted for clarity.
Figure 1. (a) Coordination environment of Cd2+ ion in MOF-1. (Symmetry codes: #1: 1-x, 1-y, z; #2: 2-x, 1-x+y, 1/3-z; #3: -1+x, x-y, 1/3-z; #4: 1-x+y, y, 1-z); (b) Coordination style of s-L ligand; (c) Polyhedral view of 3D framework of MOF-1 from a axis; (d) Space-filling of the porous 3D framework of MOF-1 with 1D hexagon channel; (e) (4,4)-connected topology. Hydrogen atoms and solvent molecules are omitted for clarity.
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Figure 2. (a) The PXRD patterns of MOF-1; (b) Normalized solid-state emission and excitation spectraof MOF-1; (c) Luminescent emission spectra of MOF-1 in aqueous solution with different concentrations of NBC at room temperature (λex = 380 nm); (d) Relationship between the quenching effect (I0/I) and the molar concentration of NBC (Q) (experimental conditions: aqueous solution, λex = 380 nm, λem = 446 nm, and room temperature).
Figure 2. (a) The PXRD patterns of MOF-1; (b) Normalized solid-state emission and excitation spectraof MOF-1; (c) Luminescent emission spectra of MOF-1 in aqueous solution with different concentrations of NBC at room temperature (λex = 380 nm); (d) Relationship between the quenching effect (I0/I) and the molar concentration of NBC (Q) (experimental conditions: aqueous solution, λex = 380 nm, λem = 446 nm, and room temperature).
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Figure 3. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) L-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) D-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmer plot.
Figure 3. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) L-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) D-Pro (1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmer plot.
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Figure 4. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) L-Arg (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) D-Arg(1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmerplot.
Figure 4. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) L-Arg (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) D-Arg(1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmerplot.
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Figure 5. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) R-1-Phenylethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) S-1-Phenylethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmerplot.
Figure 5. Fluorescence emission spectra of MOF-1 (1.0 × 10−5 M in water) upon titration with: (a) R-1-Phenylethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M); and (b) S-1-Phenylethanol (1.0 × 10−2 M); (c) the Stern-Völmerplot.
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