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

  • Soumya Mukherjee
  • , Biplab Manna
  • , Aamod V. Desai
  • , Yuefeng Yin
  • , Rajamani Krishna
  • , Ravichandar Babarao
  • , Sujit K. Ghosh

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8215-8218
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume52
Issue number53
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

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