A flexible, porous, cluster-based Zn-pyrazolate-dicarboxylate framework showing selective adsorption properties

Kai Jie Chen, Chun Ting He, Pei Qin Liao, Yong Sheng Wei, Peng Xiang Zhang, Wei Xue, Wei Xiong Zhang, Jie Peng Zhang, Xiao Ming Chen

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Abstract

A flexible Zn-pyrazolate-carboxylate framework [Zn7O 2(deppy)2(oba)4]·2.5DMF·2H 2O (1) (Hdeppy = 3,5-diethyl-4-(4′-pyridyl)pyrazole, H 2oba = 4,4′-oxobisbenzoic acid) was synthesized by solvothermal reaction. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction indicated that 1 possesses a 10-connected bct topological network based on a rare heptanuclear zinc(ii) cluster. Comparison of crystal structures of 1 determined at 300 K and 150 K illustrated the conformational flexibility of deppy- ligands. Thermogravimetry analyses and powder X-ray diffraction measurements showed that 1 has high thermal stability and good water stability. Gas and liquid sorption experiments of 1 not only showed stronger adsorption of CO2 compared with N2, but also demonstrated highly efficient separation of n-propylbenzene from other C9H12 alkylbenzene isomers 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2002-2007
Number of pages6
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume38
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2014
Externally publishedYes

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