Adsorptive Molecular Sieving of Styrene over Ethylbenzene by Trianglimine Crystals | Zendy

Avishek Dey | Zendy; Santanu Chand | Zendy; Bholanath Maity | Zendy; Prashant M. Bhatt | Zendy; Munmun Ghosh | Zendy; Luigi Cavallo | Zendy; Mohamed Eddaoudi | Zendy; Niveen M. Khashab | Zendy

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Adsorptive Molecular Sieving of Styrene over Ethylbenzene by Trianglimine Crystals

Author(s) -

Avishek Dey,

Santanu Chand,

Bholanath Maity,

Prashant M. Bhatt,

Munmun Ghosh,

Luigi Cavallo,

Mohamed Eddaoudi,

Niveen M. Khashab

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of the american chemical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115

H-Index - 612

eISSN - 1520-5126

pISSN - 0002-7863

DOI - 10.1021/jacs.0c13019

Subject(s) - ethylbenzene , styrene , chemistry , petrochemical , selectivity , cumene , chemical engineering , distillation , boiling , nanotechnology , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer , catalysis , materials science , engineering

The separation of styrene (ST) and ethylbenzene (EB) mixtures is of great importance in the petrochemical and plastics industries. Current technology employs multiple cycles of energy-intensive distillation due to the very close boiling points of ST and EB. Here, we show that the molecular sieving properties of easily scalable and stable trianglimine crystals offer ultrahigh selectivity (99%) for styrene separation. The unique molecular sieving properties of trianglimine crystals are corroborated by DFT calculations, suggesting that the incorporation of the nonplanar EB requires a significant deformation of the macrocyclic cavity whereas the planar ST can be easily accommodated in the cavity.

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