A semiconducting uranium–organic framework based on a tetrathiafulvalene derivative.

A rare case of semiconducting actinide-based metal–organic framework SCU-125 was designed and synthesized. As a result of the lack of two coordination sites in the plane of the tetrathiafulvalene tetrabenzoate (TTFTB) molecule, a defective kgd network was formed. The electrical conductivity of SCU-125 was measured to be 2.2(2) × 10−7 S cm−1 at 25 °C ± 2 °C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]