Journal article
Highly efficient separation of a solid mixture of naphthalene and anthracene by a reusable porous metal - Organic framework through a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation
D Liu, JP Lang, BF Abrahams
Journal of the American Chemical Society | Published : 2011
DOI: 10.1021/ja203053y
Abstract
The three-dimensional crystalline porous metal - organic framework [Ni 2(|2-OH2)(1,3-BDC)2(tpcb)] n (1) [1,3-H2BDC = 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid; tpcb = tetrakis(4-pyridyl)cyclobutane] was used to separate a solid mixture of naphthalene and anthracene at room temperature via selective adsorption of naphthalene. The process involved a single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation. The guest naphthalene molecules could be exchanged with ethanol, and the host, 1, could be regenerated by removal of the guest ethanol molecules. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
Grants
Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded by Nature Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education
Awarded by Higher Education of the Ministry of Education
Awarded by Jiangsu Province
Awarded by Universities ofJiangsu Province
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20871088 and 90922018), the Nature Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education (09KJA150002), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education (20093201110017), and the State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry of Nanjing University for financial support. J.-P.L. greatly appreciates the support for the Qin-Lan and "333" Projects of Jiangsu Province, the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the "SooChow Scholar" Program and Program for Innovative Research Team of Soochow University. D.L. thanks the Program for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of Soochow University and the Innovative Research Program for Postgraduates in Universities ofJiangsu Province (CX10B-032Z). The authors are also grateful to the reviewers and the editor for their helpful suggestions and comments.