College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550002, P. R. China.
School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China.
Chempluschem. 2022 Aug;87(8):e202200172. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202200172.
Metal-organic cages (MOCs) that assemble from metal ions or metal clusters and organic ligands have attracted the interest of the scientific community because of their various functional coordination cavities. Unlike metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with infinite frameworks, MOCs have discrete structures, making them soluble and stable in certain solvents and facilitating their application as starting reagents in the further construction of single components or composite materials. In recent years, increasing progress has been made in this field. In this review, we introduce these works from the perspective of design strategies, and focus on how presynthesized MOCs can be used to construct functional materials. Finally, we discuss the challenges and development prospects in this field.
金属有机笼（MOCs）由金属离子或金属簇和有机配体组装而成，由于其具有各种功能配位腔，引起了科学界的兴趣。与具有无限骨架的金属有机骨架（MOFs）不同，MOCs具有离散的结构，使其在某些溶剂中具有良好的溶解性和稳定性，并作为起始试剂，方便进一步构建单一成分或复合材料。近年来，该领域取得了较大的进展。在这篇综述中，我们从设计策略的角度介绍了这些工作，并重点介绍了如何利用预合成的 MOCs 来构建功能材料。最后，我们讨论了该领域的挑战和发展前景。
