Nickel-4′-(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)-2,2′,6′,2"-terpyridine Framework: Efficient Separation of Ethylene from Acetylene/Ethylene Mixtures with a High Productivity

作者:Wang, Hui-Hong; Liu, Qing-Yan*; Li, Libo; Krishna, Rajamani; Wang, Yu-Ling; Peng, Xin-Wen; He, Chun-Ting; Lin, Rui-Biao; Chen, Banglin*
来源:Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 57(15): 9489-9494.
DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01479

摘要

A novel compound, [Ni(DCPTP)](n) (termed Ni-DCPTP), based on the 4'-(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)-2,2',6',2 ''-terpyridine (DCPTP2-) ligand was presented here. Ni-DCPTP has a three-dimensional structure with a the topology featuring one-dimensional (1D) helical channels. Ni-DCPTP shows an efficient removal of a trace amount of C2H2 from a C2H2/C2H4 (1/99) mixture with an excellent C2H4 productivity as demonstrated by both the transient breakthrough simulations and breakthrough experiments, generating the polymer-grade C2H4 gas (C2H2 < 40 ppm). The carboxylate oxygen atoms on the surface of 1D channels are the preferential binding sites for C(2)H(2 )molecules. This work demonstrates an elegant example with carboxylate oxygen-functionalized pore channels for effective C2H2/C2H4 separation.