Linear Positional Isomer Sorting in Nonporous Adaptive Crystals of a Pillar[5]arene

Kecheng Jie; Yujuan Zhou; Errui Li; Run Zhao; Ming Liu; Feihe Huang

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b13156

Linear Positional Isomer Sorting in Nonporous Adaptive Crystals of a Pillar[5]arene

J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Mar 7;140(9):3190-3193. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b13156. Epub 2018 Feb 20.

Authors

Kecheng Jie¹, Yujuan Zhou¹, Errui Li¹, Run Zhao¹, Ming Liu², Feihe Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , People's Republic of China.
² Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory , University of Liverpool , Crown Street , Liverpool L69 7ZD , United Kingdom.

PMID: 29432675
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13156

Abstract

Here we show a new adsorptive separation approach using nonporous adaptive crystals of a pillar[5]arene. Desolvated perethylated pillar[5]arene crystals (EtP5α) with a nonporous character selectively adsorb 1-pentene (1-Pe) over its positional isomer 2-pentene (2-Pe), leading to a structural change from EtP5α to 1-Pe loaded structure (1-Pe@EtP5). The purity of 1-Pe reaches 98.7% in just one cycle and EtP5α can be reused without losing separation performance.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't