Supporting Information Adsorption of Small Molecules in the Porous Zirconium-Based Metal Organic Framework MIL-140A (Zr): A Joint Computational-Experimental Approach X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data was collected on a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (CuKα1 radiation (λ = 1.540598 Å) with a Debye-Scherrer geometry. Topas software 1 was used for indexing and pattern matching. Figure S1: Pattern matching for MIL-140A(Zr), a = 24.368(2) Å, b = 11.1805(5) Å, c = 7.807(5) Å, β = 103.922(6), V = 2064.7(1) Å 3, space group: C2/c (Rwp = 8.545). Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) Thermogravimetric analysis was performed with a PerkinElmer STA 6000 apparatus. The measurement was performed under O 2 with a heating rate of 2 C.min -1. The weigh losses are in good agreement with the expected range i.e., 55% ligand loss (theoretical) and 54% ligand loss (experimental). The linker starts to degrade at temperatures higher than 773K followed by oxide formation above this temperature. S1
Figure S2: Thermogravimetric analysis for MIL-140A(Zr). Nitrogen Sorption N 2 sorption analysis was performed on a BelsorpII max BEL apparatus. The sample was -1 degassed at 423 K for 4 hours. Surface area was evaluated using the BET model: ~ 500 m 2 g Figure S3: N 2 sorption for MIL-140A(Zr). S2
NMR Figure S4: 13 C CPMAS NMR spectrum of MIL140-A, on which the resonances are assigned. S3
Table S1: Experimental and theoretical 13 C and 1 H NMR parameters of reference systems of known structure. Compound Site δ iso experimental (ppm) δ iso simulated (ppm) σ iso simulated Adamantane C(1) 29.40 2 31.34 140.31 Adamantane C(2) 38.45 2 39.10 132.41 α glycine C(1) 176.40 3 175.78-6.30 α glycine C(2) 43.70 3 41.43 130.07 Benzene C(1) 128.00 4 129.11 41.07 Diamond C(1) 35.00 5 34.15 137.43 Adamantane H(1) 28.78 6 2.03 1.87 Brucite H(1) 30.73 7 0.17 0.0 Pyrophyllite H(1) 28.82 7 1.99 2.2 Bohemite H(1) 23.36 7 7.20 7.2 Talc H(1) 30.38 7 0.50 0.7 2 (Taylor, 2004), 3 (Taylor, 2004), 4 (Hoffmann, 2012), 5 (Panich, 2006), 6 (Marchetti et al., 2012), 7 (Cadars et al., 2012) S4
Figure S5: Correlation between experimental isotropic chemical shift δ iso and calculated isotropic chemical shielding for 13 C and 1 H nuclei. Infra-red Figure S6: Simulated Infrared spectrum for MIL-140A(Zr) S5
Figure S7: Experimental Infrared spectrum for MIL-140A(Zr) S6
Simulations Figure S8: Preferential adsorption sites for H 2, CH 4, CO, CO 2 and N 2 in MIL-140A(Zr) obtained by MC simulations at low coverage. S7
Table S2: Some relevant geometrical parameters for isolated and adsorbed molecule. The distance and angle values are in Å and respectively. DFT D2 Molecule Distance or angle Isolated Adsorbed CO 2 C-O 1.18 1.18 O-C-O 180.0 179.2 CH 4 C-H 1.09 1.10 H-C-H 109.5 109.6 H 2 S H-S 1.35 1.35 H-S-H 91.8 91.5 H 2 O H-O 0.971 0.978 H-O-H 104.5 104.6 CO C-O 1.14 1.14 H 2 H-H 0.74 0.75 N 2 N-N 1.11 1.11 S8
Table S3: Mean-value of the torsion angle for the phenyl rings of MIL-14A(Zr) in the presence of the guest molecules obtained for the DFT-optimized structure compared with the MIL-140A before the adsorption MIL- 140A Vertical Diagonal1 Diagonal2 Torsion Angle Torsion Angle Torsion Angle Ref -8.5-8.6 8.5 8.6 179.3-6.4-5.9 6.4 5.9 179.0-6.4-5.9 6.4 5.9 179.0 CO 2-5.1-5.1 5.1 5.0 179.4 179.4 CH 4-5.7-5.8 5.5 5.3 179.5 179.2 CO -3.9-3.9 3.9 3.9 179.4 179.4 N 2-6.9-7.0 7.1 7.0 179.4 179.2 H 2-5.2-5.1 5.1 5.0 179.1 179.4 H 2 S -3.9-4.0 3.5 3.6 179.5 179.2-10.4 10.5 10.0 10.6 179.2 178.7-6.4-6.6 7.4 6.8 178.3 179.7-5.2-5.9 5.0 4.6 179.7 178.3-9.3-9.7 9.4 8.8 178.5 179.8-6.1-6.1 5.6 5.8 179.9 177.5-3.1-3.5 2.2 1.7 179.1 179.1-9.9-9.6 10.0 10.3 178.4 179.2-7.1-6.9 6.9 7.4 179.4 178.4-5.2-5.3 5.5 4.6 177.9 179.7-4.4-4.8 5.9 5.1 179.0 179.4-9.0-8.6 8.9 9.6 179.0 179.3-6.1-5.8 4.8 5.0 177.3 179.5 References (1) TOPAS V4.2: General Profile and Structure Analysis Software for Powder Diffraction Data, Bruker AXS Ltd, 2004. (2) Taylor, R. E. Setting Up 13C CP/MAS Experiments. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A 2004a, 22, 37-49. S9
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