Issue 10, 2012

Selective CO2 uptake and inverse CO2/C2H2 selectivity in a dynamic bifunctional metal–organic framework

Abstract

The unique bifunctional porous metal–organic framework, [Co(HLdc)]·1.5MeOH·dioxane, incorporates both free-standing carboxyl and pyridyl groups within its pores. Gas adsorption measurements on the desolvated framework reveal unusual selective CO2 adsorption over C2H2 and CH4 linked to a framework phase change from a narrow pore (np) to a large pore (lp) form, mediated by CO2 uptake at 195 K. This phase transition has been monitored by in situ powder X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy, and modelled by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations revealing that the reversible np to lp transition is linked to the rotation of pyridyl rings acting as flexible “pore gates”.

Graphical abstract: Selective CO2 uptake and inverse CO2/C2H2 selectivity in a dynamic bifunctional metal–organic framework

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
13 Apr 2012
Accepted
13 Jun 2012
First published
19 Jul 2012

Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 2993-2999

Selective CO2 uptake and inverse CO2/C2H2 selectivity in a dynamic bifunctional metal–organic framework

W. Yang, A. J. Davies, X. Lin, M. Suyetin, R. Matsuda, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, W. Lewis, J. E. Parker, C. C. Tang, M. W. George, P. Hubberstey, S. Kitagawa, H. Sakamoto, E. Bichoutskaia, N. R. Champness, S. Yang and M. Schröder, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2993 DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20443F

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