Adsorptive molecular sieving of aromatic hydrocarbons over cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons via an intrinsic/extrinsic approach

Gengwu Zhang; Xuanfu Zhu; Lukman O. Alimi; Xin Liu; Aiping Chen; Basem M. Moosa; Niveen M. Khashab

doi:10.1039/d3ta06602a

Adsorptive molecular sieving of aromatic hydrocarbons over cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons via an intrinsic/extrinsic approach

Gengwu Zhang, Xuanfu Zhu, Lukman O. Alimi, Xin Liu, Aiping Chen, Basem M. Moosa, Niveen M. Khashab^*

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Trianglimine (TI) and trianglamine (TA) macrocycles offer an efficient adsorptive molecular sieving strategy to separate toluene (Tol) from an equimolar mixture of Tol and methylcyclohexane (MCH) with 98.3% and 96.4% selectivity, respectively. Selective separation is achieved through the intrinsic cavity or extrinsic channel within the crystalline molecular absorbents, driven by C-H⋯π and π⋯π interactions. Moreover, TI and TA exhibit exceptional recyclability, highlighting their potential for sustainable chemical separation processes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6875-6879
Number of pages	5
Journal	JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume	12
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06602a
State	Accepted/In press - 2024

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