A Molecular Compound for Highly Selective Purification of Ethylene
Anurag Noonikara-Poyil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 USA
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorHui Cui
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
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Search for more papers by this authorDr. Andrey A. Yakovenko
X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439 USA
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800 USA
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Rui-Biao Lin
MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 China
Search for more papers by this authorBin Wang
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
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Prof. Dr. Banglin Chen
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
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Prof. Dr. H. V. Rasika Dias
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 USA
Search for more papers by this authorAnurag Noonikara-Poyil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 USA
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorHui Cui
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Andrey A. Yakovenko
X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439 USA
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Peter W. Stephens
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800 USA
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Rui-Biao Lin
MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275 China
Search for more papers by this authorBin Wang
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
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Prof. Dr. Banglin Chen
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
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Prof. Dr. H. V. Rasika Dias
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 USA
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Structurally flexible, copper scorpionate binds ethylene extremely selectively from an ethylene–ethane mixture and displays excellent performance as a reusable material for the important and challenging C2H4/C4H6 separation.
Abstract
Purification of C2H4 from an C2H4 /C2H6 mixture is one of the most challenging separation processes, which is achieved mainly through energy-intensive, cryogenic distillation in industry. Sustainable, non-distillation methods are highly desired as alternatives. We discovered that the fluorinated bis(pyrazolyl)borate ligand supported copper(I) complex {[(CF3)2Bp]Cu}3 has features very desirable in an olefin–paraffin separation material. It binds ethylene exclusively over ethane generating [(CF3)2Bp]Cu(C2H4). This molecular compound exhibits extremely high and record ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) C2H4 /C2H6 gas separation selectivity, affording high purity (>99.5 %) ethylene that can be readily desorbed from separation columns. In-situ PXRD provides a “live” picture of the reversible conversion between [(CF3)2Bp]Cu(C2H4) and the ethylene-free sorbent in the solid-state, driven by the presence or removal of C2H4. Molecular structures of trinuclear {[(CF3)2Bp]Cu}3 and mononuclear [(CF3)2Bp]Cu(C2H4) are also presented.
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