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Cover Feature: Inherent Ethyl Acetate Selectivity in a Trianglimine Molecular Solid (Chem. Eur. J. 41/2021)
Author(s) -
He Donglin,
Zhao Chengxi,
Chen Linjiang,
Little Marc A.,
Chong Samantha Y.,
Clowes Rob,
McKie Katherine,
Roper Mark G.,
Day Graeme M.,
Liu Ming,
Cooper Andrew I.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202101936
Subject(s) - ethyl acetate , selectivity , chemistry , adsorption , crystal (programming language) , solvent , ethanol , raw material , combinatorial chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , computer science , catalysis , programming language
Guided by crystal structure prediction , a “templating” strategy was used to construct selective binding sites in a trianglimine macrocycle crystal for ethyl acetate, an important chemical raw material and solvent. The resulting molecular crystals exhibit inherently high selectivity towards ethyl acetate, and hence can separate ethyl acetate from azeotropic mixtures with ethanol. The crystals show reasonable adsorption kinetics, good reliability after multiple adsorption cycles, and hold promise for practical separation or detection applications. More information can be found in the Full Paper by G. M. Day, M. Liu, A. I. Cooper, et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101510).