Selective complexation and efficient separation of cis/ trans-1,2-dichloroethene isomers by a pillar[5]arene

Bin Li; Kaidi Xu; Yiliang Wang; Hang Su; Lei Cui; Chunju Li

doi:10.1039/d0ra09307f

Selective complexation and efficient separation of cis/ trans-1,2-dichloroethene isomers by a pillar[5]arene

RSC Adv. 2020 Dec 21;10(73):45112-45115. doi: 10.1039/d0ra09307f. eCollection 2020 Dec 17.

Authors

Bin Li^{1

2}, Kaidi Xu¹, Yiliang Wang¹, Hang Su¹, Lei Cui¹, Chunju Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Science, Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China cjli@shu.edu.cn.
² Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 P. R. China.

Abstract

The complexation and separation of industrially important cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethene (cis- and trans-DCE) isomers using perethylated pillar[5]arene (EtP5) are described. EtP5 exhibits considerable binding capability for the trans-DCE isomer over the cis-DCE in organic solution. Furthermore, nonporous adaptive crystals (NACs) of EtP5 can efficiently separate trans-DCE from a 50 : 50 (v/v) cis/trans-isomer mixture.