Homochiral metal-organic framework with enantiopure pillar[5]arene active domains

1. A method of preparing a homochiral metal organic framework (MOF) consisting of (S p )-P5A-MOF-1, comprising:

preparing a mixture of (S p )-1 and Zn(NO 3 ) 2 in a solvent, wherein (S p )-1 is the S p -enantiomer structure of formula (I):

 and

heating the mixture at temperature of about 100° C. to form the homochiral metal organic framework (MOF) consisting of (S p )-P5A-MOF-1.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solvent is anhydrous dimethylformamide.

3. A method of preparing a homochiral metal organic framework (MOF) consisting of (R p )-P5A-MOF-1, comprising:

preparing a mixture of (R p )-1 and Zn(NO 3 ) 2 in a solvent, wherein (R p )-1 is the R p -enantiomer structure of formula (I):

 and

heating the mixture at temperature of about 100° C. to form the homochiral metal organic framework (MOF) consisting of (R p )-P5A-MOF-1.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the solvent is anhydrous dimethylformamide.

5. A method of preparing a pure enantiomer structure of formula (I):

comprising:

preparing a mixture comprising an aqueous-base solution and a solvent comprising a pure enantiomer structure of formula (II):

heating the mixture at temperature of about 85° C. to form the pure enantiomer structure of formula (I).

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pure enantiomer structure of formula (I) consists of the (S p )-1 enantiomer and the pure enantiomer structure of formula (II) consists of the (SSS p )-4 enantiomer.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pure enantiomer structure of formula (I) consists of the (R p )-1 enantiomer and the pure enantiomer structure of formula (II) consists of the (SSR p )-4 enantiomer.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the solvent is dimethoxyethane.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the aqueous-base solution is an aqueous sodium hydroxide.