Royal Society of Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 38(42), p. 13806, 2013
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51863a
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Formal substitution of the central carbon by silicon within the tetrahedral tetrakis(4-tetrazolylphenyl)methane linker in a copper-based MOF is shown to uniquely influence the structure of the resultant MOF, affecting the orientation of the metal-based nodes and leading to an increase in unit-cell volume and solvent accessible void space.