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Harnessing Lewis acidic open metal sites of metal-organic frameworks: the foremost route to achieve highly selective benzene sorption over cyclohexane.

Authors :
Mukherjee S
Manna B
Desai AV
Yin Y
Krishna R
Babarao R
Ghosh SK
Source :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2016 Jul 07; Vol. 52 (53), pp. 8215-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 May 18.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

π-Complexation triggered Lewis acid-base interactions between open metal sites (OMS) of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and π-e(-) rich adsorptive benzene (Bz) is exploited to establish M-MOF-74 as the best Bz-selective MOF sorbent, marking the first report of utilizing OMS behind benzene/cyclohexane separation; a key advance from the energy-economy standpoint of industrial separation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1364-548X
Volume :
52
Issue :
53
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27188914
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc03015g