A microporous Zn(II)-MOF with open metal sites: Structure and selective adsorption properties

Xiaofang Zheng, Yumei Huang, Jingui Duan, Chenggang Wang, Lili Wen, Jinbo Zhao, Dongfeng Li

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Abstract

A three-dimensional microporous framework, Zn(ii)-MOF [Zn(HPyImDC)(DMA)] n (1) (H3PyImDC = 2-(pyridine-4-yl)-1H-4,5- imidazoledicarboxylic, DMA = N,N′-dimethylacetamide), with open metal sites and small-sized pores, exhibits excellent selective capture of CO 2 over N2 and CH4 at 273 K, as well as alcohols from water. The excellent CO2 adsorption selectivity of 1 allows its potential use in the capture of CO2 from industrial flue gas or the removal of CO2 from natural gas. More interestingly, compound 1 represents the rare case of porous materials separating propanol isomers, which may be caused by the relative flexibility of the linear n-propanol considering that both n-propanol and i-propanol have similar kinetic diameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8311-8317
Number of pages7
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume43
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

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