Retention of Intrinsic Photophysical Properties of Porphyrin Building Blocks in 3D Organic Frameworks through Magic Angle Alignment

Construction of three-dimensional (3D) frameworks maintaining intrinsic photophysical properties of monomeric building blocks is difficult and challenging due to the existence of various molecular interactions, such as metal–organic and π–π interactions. A 3D hydrogen-bonded organic framework ( YSH-1 Zn ) with permanent porosity was constructed using a porphyrin having six carboxylic acid groups ( 1 Zn ). Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area measurement indicated that YSH-1 Zn has a porous structure with a surface area of 392 m 2 /g. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that 1 Zn creates a 5-fold interwoven 3D network structure adopting a monoclinic system with a space group of P21/c. Each 1 Zn within a single crystal exhibits parallel alignment with a slip-stack angle of 54.6°, in good agreement with the magic angle. Although the center-to-center distance of the nearest zinc atoms in YSH-1 Zn is only 5.181 Å, the UV/vis absorption and fluorescence emission of YSH-1 Zn are not different from those of 1 Zn, indicating the absence of an interaction between excitons. Due to the magic angle alignment of 1 Zn, the fluorescence lifetime, decay profiles, and quantum yield remained uniform even in the solid state.