Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 10(49), p. 990-992, 2013
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc38176a
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Direct heating of a metal-organic framework provides a simple, controllable way of effecting a covalent post-synthetic modification. Herein we report that an allyloxy-tagged zinc metal-organic framework undergoes a thermally-promoted aromatic Claisen rearrangement through which the framework connectivity and porosity are maintained.