Porous Triphenylbenzene-Based Bicyclooxacalixarene Cage for Selective Adsorption of CO2/N2

Org Lett. 2016 Sep 16;18(18):4574-7. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02219. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

Abstract

A bicyclooxacalixarene cage with triangular prism structure was synthesized by a one-pot SNAr reaction. The structure of the oxacalixarene cage 1 was characterized by NMR, MS spectra, and X-ray crystal structure analyses. In the solid state, the molecular cage was assembled into an interlaced porous network structure. Gas adsorption studies indicated that cage 1 exhibited high CO2/N2 selectivity of 106.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't