89 pages. -- PDF file includes: S1. Materials and methods; S1.1. Materials and characterization; S1.2. Experimental methods; S1.2.1. Synthesis of COOH-RhMOP, (Br)btc, (NO2)btc and (COOH)btc; S1.2.2. Stability of COOH-RhMOP under solvothermal conditions; S1.2.3. Synthesis of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1, RhCu-(Br)btc-HKUST-1, RhCu-(NO2)btc-HKUST-1, RhCu-(NH2)btc-HKUST-1 and RhCu-(COOH)btc-HKUST-1; S.1.2.4. Blank reactions for RhCu-btc-HKUST-1; S.1.2.5. Acidic disassembly of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1; S.1.2.6. Acidic digestion of RhCu-(Br)btc-HKUST-1, RhCu-(NO2)btc-HKUST-1, RhCu-(NH2)btc-HKUST-1 and RhCu-(COOH)btc-HKUST-1; S1.2.7. Study of the hydrolytic stability of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1 and Cu(II)-HKUST- 1; S1.2.8 Study of the methylene blue removal with RhCu-btc-HKUST-1 and Cu(II)-HKUST-1; S1.2.9. Study of the catalytic activity of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1 and RhCu-(COOH)btc-HKUST-1; S1.3. Computational methods; S2. Characterization of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1; S3. Characterization of Cu(II)-HKUST-1; S4. Hydrolytic stability study of RhCu-btc-HKUST-1 and Cu(II)-HKUST-1; S4.1. DFT calculations of Rh(II) and Cu(II) paddlewheels in water; S5. Characterization of RhCu-(Br)btc-HKUST-1; S6. Characterization of RhCu-(NO2)btc-HKUST-1; S7. Characterization of RhCu-(NH2)btc-HKUST-1; S8. Characterization of RhCu-(COOH)btc-HKUST-1.

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) assembled from multiple building blocks exhibit greater chemical complexity and superior functionality in practical applications. Herein, we report a new approach based on using prefabricated cavities to design isoreticular multicomponent MOFs from a known parent MOF. We demonstrate this concept with the formation of multicomponent HKUST-1 analogues, using a prefabricated cavity that comprises a cuboctahedral Rh­(II) metal–organic polyhedron functionalized with 24 carboxylic acid groups. The cavities are reticulated in three dimensions via Cu­(II)-paddlewheel clusters and (functionalized) 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate linkers to form three- and four-component HKUST-1 analogues.

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