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A Cavity‐Tailored Metal‐Organic Cage Entraps Gases Selectively in Solution and the Amorphous Solid State

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Authors

Zhu, Jun‐Long 
Wang, Wenjing 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pHere we report the subcomponent self‐assembly of a truxene‐faced Znjats:sub4</jats:sub>Ljats:sub4</jats:sub> tetrahedron, which is capable of binding the smallest hydrocarbons in solution. By deliberately incorporating inward‐facing ethyl groups on the truxene faces, the resulting partially‐filled cage cavity was tailored to encapsulate methane, ethane, and ethene via van der Waals interactions at atmospheric pressure in acetonitrile, and also in the amorphous solid state. Interestingly, gas capture showed divergent selectivities in solution and the amorphous solid state. The selective binding may prove useful in designing new processes for the purification of methane and ethane as feedstocks for chemical synthesis.</jats:p>

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Keywords

3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 34 Chemical Sciences

Journal Title

Angewandte Chemie

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Journal ISSN

0044-8249
1521-3757

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Publisher

Wiley
Sponsorship
European Research Council (695009)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P027067/1)