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In the current research, the moisture-resistant of Mg-MOF-74 was successfully improved by coating with two-dimensional (2-D) hexagonal boron nitride (h -BN) during the facile hydrothermal synthesis process. Both TEM and SEM results revealed that 2-D h -BN is coated on Mg-MOF-74's surface. The crystal structure, morphology, surface area, thermal stability and CH 4 uptake capacity of Mg-MOF-74 were not drastically influenced by coating with h -BN as examined by XRD, FTIR, SEM, and TEM. Further, the coated Mg-MOF-74 demonstrated better stability than uncoated Mg-MOF-74, when being exposed to high humidity, in terms of surface area and CH 4 uptake capacity. It was observed that the coated Mg-MOF-74 with 1 ​wt % h -BN has reached to 1959 ​m2 ​g−1 surface area and CH 4 uptake capacity of 43 ​cm3 ​g−1 after exposure to high humidity for a duration of 1 month. Thus, this research work has opened a new window towards the improvement of the water stability of Mg-MOF-74. [Display omitted] • The water resistance capacity of Mg-MOF-74 could be improved by coating with two dimensional materials h -BN. • Application of h -BN as coating material of Mg-MOF-74. • h -BN coated Mg-MOF-74 provide high surface area and enhanced CH 4 uptake capacity. • The sample Mg-MOF-74@1 wt.% h -BN exhibited the highest water stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The crystal structure of the title complex, trans-dichloridotetrakis[1-phenyl-3-(1 H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-κ N4)propan-1-one]copper(II) hexahydrate, [CuCl2(C11H11N3O)4]·6H2O, is isomorphous with that of the corresponding nickel and cobalt compounds. The complex has crystallographic inversion symmetry with the CuII atom on an inversion centre. Each CuII atom is six-coordinated by one N atom from each of the four 1-phenyl-3-(1 H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-1-one ligands in the equatorial plane and by two chloride ligands in axial positions. The structure includes a centrosymmetric irregular up-up-down-down (uudd) water tetramer cluster and O-H...Cl hydrogen bonds. Intermolecular C-H...Cl hydrogen bonds exist between adjacent molecules, resulting in a three-dimensional supramolecular network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

C19H25N7O7, triclinic, P1 (no. 2), a = 6.969(2) Å, b = 9.300(3) Å, c = 17.214(5) Å, α = 98.231(5)°, β = 96.842(6)°, γ= 90.945(5)°, V = 1095.7 Å3, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.0501, wRref(F2) = 0.1415, T = 273 K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

C38H34Ni2Cl2N4O12, monoclinic, C2/c (no. 15), a = 17.867(3) Å, b = 9.170(6) Å, c = 24.651(5) Å, β = 110.837(2)°, Z = 4, V = 3775(3) Å3, Rgt(F) = 0.0323, wRref(F2) = 0.1078, T = 293(2) K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three layered compounds CsLiCoS 2 , CsAgCoS 2 and CsLiFeS 2 have been synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction method. All of three compounds exhibit semiconducting behavior in electrical transport with small thermal activation energy gap. The crystal structure of CsLiCoS 2 is isostructural to ThCr 2 Si 2 -type CsCo 2 S 2 with random mixture of Li+ and Co2+. The latter two compounds exhibit √2 ​× ​√2 ​× ​1 superstructure of ThCr 2 Si 2 -type because the monovalent Ag+/Li+ and divalent Co2+/Fe2+ independently occupy inequivalent sites in [AMS 2 ]- layer. Through comprehensive investigation of the crystallographic lattice in CsAMS 2 , a phase boundary between disorder and ordered phases may be identified, which highlights the importance of the atomic size and lattice mismatch in determining the crystal structure. Image 1 • Three layered sulfides CsAMS 2 (A ​= ​Li, Ag; M ​= ​Co, Fe) are synthesized by solid state reaction method. • Introducing monovalent Li+/Ag+ could significantly change the structure and property of Co-based sulfides. • A phase boundary between random and ordered occupation in the [AMS 2 ]- layers is determined by the atomic size difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]