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Current Status of Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for Hydrocarbon Separations

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Abstract

Separation of hydrocarbon mixtures into single components is a very important industrial process because all represent very important energy resources/raw chemicals in the petrochemical industry. The well-established industrial separation technology highly relies on the energy-intensive cryogenic distillation processes. The discovery of new materials capable of separating hydrocarbon mixtures by adsorbent-based separation technologies has the potential to provide more energy-efficient industrial processes with remarkable energy savings. Porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), also known as porous coordination polymers, represent a new class of porous materials that offer tremendous promise for hydrocarbon separations because of their easy tunability, designability, and functionality. A number of MOFs have been designed and synthesized to show excellent separation performance on various hydrocarbon separations. Here, we summarize and highlight some recent significant advances in the development of microporous MOFs for hydrocarbon separation applications.

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Abbreviations

Hpba:

4-(4-Pyridyl) benzoic acid

H2bdc:

1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid

H2bbdc:

5-tert-Butyl-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid

pdt:

Pyrazine-2,3-dithiol

bpa:

1,2-bis(4-Pyridyl)acetylene

Ad:

Adenine

bpy:

4,4′-Bipyridine

HOTf:

Trifluoromethanesulfonate

pyz:

Pyrazine

pyz-NH2 :

2-Aminopyrazine

H2bpdc:

4,4′-Biphenyldicarboxylic acid

bpee:

1,2-Bipyriylethylene

H4mdobdc:

4,6-Dioxido-1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid

H2batz:

bis(5-Amino-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane

Hina:

Isonicotinic acid

HQc:

Quinolone-5-carboxylic acid

H2ipa:

Isophthalic acid

H4dobdc:

2,5-Dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid

DCPN:

5-(3′,5′-Dicarboxylpheny)nicotinate

H4abtc:

3,3′,5,5′-Azobenzene-tetracarboxylic acid

DMA:

Dimethylammonium

H2btm:

bis(5-Methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane

H2BDP:

1,4-Benzenedipyrazolate

H4tcpb:

1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)-benzene

H4bptc:

3,3′,5,5′-Biphenyltetracarboxylic acid

bipy:

4,4′-Bipyridine

Heim:

2-Ethylimidazolate

azpy:

4,4′-Azopyridine

dpa:

4,4′-Dipyridylacetylene

1,4-NDC:

1,4-Naphthalenedicarboxylate

ADC:

Acetylenedicarboxylate

DABCO:

1.4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane

TMBDC:

2,3,5,6-Tetramethylterephthalic

H2btk:

bis(5-Methyl-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methanone

INA:

Isonicotinate

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This research was supported by the “National 1000 Young Talent Program”, the “Zhejiang University 100 Talent Program”, the National Science Foundation of China (51803179), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2018QNA4010).

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  • Metal–organic framework
  • Hydrocarbon separation
  • Molecular sieving
  • Ethylene
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