Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) based on a 1 : 2 combination of choline chloride with either urea or e-urea (2-imidazolidinone) have been studied as media for the preparation of Ca(II) metal-organic frameworks (Ca-MOFs). In particular, the impact of the urea derivative on the secondary building unit (SBU) has been investigated by exploring the formation of Ca-MOFs with a series of ten di- and tetra-carboxylic acids, varying in length, steric hindrance and the number and relative orientation of coordinating units. While several of these ligands have, to the best of our knowledge, not been previously reported to form Ca-MOFs, eleven new materials could be prepared and characterized by single-crystal and powder diffraction, elemental and thermogravimetric analyses as well as absorption and emission spectroscopy. The DES incorporating e-urea was found to be especially prone to the formation of crystalline materials. However, a recurrent one-dimensional SBU based on bridging carboxylate moieties and the carbonyl unit of e-urea was observed. Coordination of the solvent molecule is assisted by hydrogen bonding of the NH groups, leading to a strongly stabilizing motif preventing these materials from thermal activation without loss of crystallinity.
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