Jack Y. Lu
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Dr. Jack Y. Lu is a Professor of Chemistry at University of Houston-Clear Lake. Dr. Lu's research activities are in the area of design and synthesis of new functional metal-organic polymers. For example, one of his research projects concerns rational approaches to new porous open-framework polymers with environmental significance in water purification, molecular separation, and catalysis.
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Item The First Triple-Layer 2-D Coordination Polymer: [Cu3(bpen)(IN)6(H20)2](Inorganic Chemistry, 2001) Lu, Jack Y,An unprecedented triple-layer 2-D open framework, metal-organic polymer, stack interlocked into a 3-D structure, was synthesized via a self assembly reaction under hydrothermal conditions.Item Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymers with Rigid and Flexible Building Blocks(Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2001) Lu, Jack Y,The reactions of CoBr2 with oxalic acid and BPE (1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane) or DPA (2,2’-dipyridylamine) under hydrothermal conditions resulted in projected two-dimensional coordination polymers [(C2O4)Co(BPE)]∞ and [(C2O4)Co(DPA)]∞Item An Unprecedented Mixed-Valent-Copper-Metal-Organic Polymer Displaying Graphite Like Properties(Inorganic Chemical Communications, 2001) Lu, Jack Y,An oxidation reaction route under hydrothermal conditions afforded a novel mixed-valent-copper coordination polymer with unprecedented mutual-face-insertion layered open=framework displaying graphite-like properties.Item An Unprecedented Interpenetrating Structures with Two Covalent-Bonded Open Framework with Different Dimensionality(Chemical Communications, 2001) Lu, Jack Y,A chemical rearrangement under hydrothermal conditions resulted in an unprecedented interpenetrating structure with two covalently bonded open frameworks of different dimensionality: {[Cu2(IN)4·3H2O]·[Cu 2(IN)4·2H2O]}·3H2 O (IN = isonicotinate)Item A Novel Nanostructrured Open-Channel Coordination Polymer with an Included Fused-Polyiodide Ring(European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2002) Lu, Jack Y,A novel three-dimensional nanostructured open-channel metal-organic framework polymer with inclusion of a polyiodide cluster has been synthesized via an oxidation mechanism under hydrothermal conditions.Item A Simultaneous Reduction, Substitution and Self Assembly Reaction Under Hydrothermal Conditions Afforded the First Diiodopyridine Copper (I) Coordination Polymer(Inorganic Chemistry, 2002) Lu, Jack Y,A simultaneous reduction of copper (II) to copper (I) by pyridinecarboxylate and the substitution of carboxylato groups by iodo nucleophiles in a self-assembly process under hydrothermal conditions afforded a new iodine-inclusion coordination polymer [CuI(C5H3NI2)·1/2I2] 1. The synthetic studies of the substitution process produced a new supramolecular compound [IC5H3NCOOH 2 and revealed that the catalytic properties of copper ions in redox and substitution reactions under hydrothermal conditions are attractive. Crystal data for [CuI(C5H3NI2)·1/2I2]: triclinic, space group P1̄; cell dimensions a = 4.216(1) Å, b = 11.254(2) Å, c = 12.196(2) Å, α = 80.34(3)°, β = 88.44(3)°, γ = 83.10(3); V = 566.2(2) Å3, Z = 2. Crystal data for [IC5H3NCOOH]: monoclinic, space group P21/c; cell dimensions a = 5.041(1) Å, b = 17.313(2) Å, c = 8.639(1) Å, β = 95.042(2)°; V = 751.02(13) Å3, Z = 4Item An Extremely Stable Open-Framework Metal-Organic Polymer with Expandable Structure and Selective Adsorption Capabilty(Chemical Communications, 2002) Lu, Jack Y,A novel porous framework polymer with expandable structure, over 8% volume expansion upon inclusion, has been characterized.Item A Unique eclipsed 2-D coordination polymer with removable iodine moleules in the open-channel structure(Chemical Communications, 2003) Lu, Jack Y,The first removable solid-state iodine inclusion eclipsed two-dimensional coordination polymer with an unusually stable open-channel structure has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction technique.Item Crystal Engineering in Cu-Containing Metal-Organic Coordination Polymers Under Hydrothermal Conditions(Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2003) Lu, Jack Y.This account reviews Cu-containing polymeric coordination compounds synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. The rapid growth of hydrothermal synthesis of new coordination polymers is largely accredited to the developments in crystal engineering via functional network design. Both projected and unexpected framework structures have been obtained through oxidation, reduction, substitution, chemical rearrangement and regular hydrothermal reactions. New methods and reaction pathways play crucial roles in the formation of novel structures and topology under hydrothermal conditions. This review covers copper iodine-containing metal-organic coordination polymers, copper pyridylcarboxylate-containing metal-organic coordination polymers, and metastable coordination polymers with active copper open metal (OM) sites.