Jia-Qi He, Wen-Bin Li, Hao Zhuo, Xiyu Song, Xiao-Feng Zhong, Ming Xue*, Rui-Biao Lin*, Jie-Peng Zhang* and Xiao-Ming Chen,
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Abstract
Separation of xylene isomers is an important challenge for the chemical industry. Here, we report a new zinc bipyrazolate framework MAF-70 for the separation of xylene isomers, which contains square pore channels of 8.7× 8.7 Å2. MAF-70 exhibits a rare adsorption preference of ortho-xylene (oX) > meta-xylene (mX) > para-xylene (pX) with high selectivity for oX/pX and mX/pX (12.0 and 4.0, respectively), facilitating direct purification of pX (99.1+% purity) from a xylenes mixture, which is validated by column separation experiments. Modeling study indicates that the restricted diffusion of pX accounts for such separation.
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Inorganic Chemistry publishes fundamental studies in all phases of inorganic chemistry. Coverage includes experimental and theoretical reports on quantitative studies of structure and thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms of inorganic reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, and relevant aspects of organometallic chemistry, solid-state phenomena, and chemical bonding theory. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, reactivity, spectroscopy, and bonding properties of significant new and known compounds.