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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8311-8317 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Dalton Transactions |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Jun 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |