Porous Interdigitation Molecular Cage from Tetraphenylethylene Trimeric Macrocycles That Showed Highly Selective Adsorption of CO2 and TNT Vapor in Air

Jia-Bin Xiong; Jin-Hua Wang; Bao Li; Chun Zhang; Bien Tan; Yan-Song Zheng

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03483

Porous Interdigitation Molecular Cage from Tetraphenylethylene Trimeric Macrocycles That Showed Highly Selective Adsorption of CO₂ and TNT Vapor in Air

Org Lett. 2018 Jan 19;20(2):321-324. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03483. Epub 2018 Jan 9.

Authors

Jia-Bin Xiong¹, Jin-Hua Wang¹, Bao Li¹, Chun Zhang², Bien Tan¹, Yan-Song Zheng¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074, China.
² College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430074, China.

PMID: 29313689
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03483

Abstract

A new [3 + 3] trimeric macrocycle, based on tetraphenylethylene having an aggregation-induced emission effect, could form a interdigitation molecular cage with a big void by host-guest interactions. The cage could accommodate two TNT molecules and detect TNT at the 1.7 fg level per mL of air. Moreover, the cage could give permanent pores that had a BET surface area of 347 m²/g and could adsorb 7.8 wt % CO₂ with high CO₂/N₂ selectivity up to 32 (273 K, 1 bar).

Publication types

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