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Separation of Hydrocarbons with a Microporous Metal–Organic Framework
Author(s) -
Pan Long,
Olson David H.,
Ciemnolonski Lauren R.,
Heddy Ryan,
Li Jing
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200503503
Subject(s) - microporous material , bimetallic strip , metal organic framework , adsorption , chemical engineering , block (permutation group theory) , materials science , metal , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , geometry , mathematics , engineering
Separating the wheat from the chaff : The microporous metal–organic framework (MMOF) of [Cu(hfipbb)(H 2 hfipbb) 0.5 ] is based on a bimetallic paddle‐wheel building block and comprises 1D tubular microchannels formed by the interpenetration of two identical 4 4 nets. The channels are hydrophobic and have the ideal size and shape to selectively adsorb C 2 , C 3 , and n ‐C 4 olefins and alkanes (see picture).