id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 8c97kp80g2z Jeffrey Alan Rood Metal-Organic Frameworks as Functional, Porous Materials 2010 .txt text/plain 587 28 49 Our group and others have found that the reaction of metal salts with carboxylic acids in polar solvents at elevated temperatures often leads the formation of crystalline MOF materials that can be examined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Further studies showed that the addition of chelating additives led to new solid-state structures and new ions in the mass spectrum, indicating that the Mg2(HCam)3+ ion is likely present in solution prior to MOF formation. cache/8c97kp80g2z.txt txt/8c97kp80g2z.txt