[Al₄(OH)₂(OCH₃)₄(H₂N‐bdc)₃]⋅<i>x</i> H₂O: A 12‐Connected Porous Metal–Organic Framework with an Unprecedented Aluminum‐Containing Brick

Al together now! A new stable aluminum aminoterephthalate system contains octameric building blocks that are connected by organic linkers to form a 12-connected net (see picture). The structure adopts a cubic centered packing motive in which octameric units replace individual atoms, thus forming distorted octahedral (red sphere) and tetrahedral cages (green spheres) with effective accessible diameters of 1 and 0.45 nm, respectively.