CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Organic Materials 2020; 02(01): 020-025
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3402512
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Organic Molecules of Intrinsic Microporosity

a   EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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Funding Information The EPSRC, United Kingdom, is acknowledged for funding (EP/G065144 and EP/H024034).
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Publication History

Received: 08 October 2019

Accepted after revision: 20 November 2019

Publication Date:
23 January 2020 (online)


Abstract

Organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity (OMIMs) are rigid molecules with an awkward shape that are designed to pack space inefficiently in the solid state maximizing free volume and thereby generating apparent microporosity as determined by gas adsorption. In this perspective article, the origin of the OMIM concept is explained and the progress in its realization both by synthesis and packing simulation is reviewed.