Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
4 years ago

Significant Enhancement of C2H2/C2H4 Separation by a Photochromic Diarylethene Unit: A Temperature- and Light-Responsive Separation Switch

Significant Enhancement of C2H2/C2H4 Separation by a Photochromic Diarylethene Unit: A Temperature- and Light-Responsive Separation Switch
Rajamani Krishna, Feng Luo, Cong Bin Fan, Le Le Gong, Ling Huang, Le Zhang, Xue Feng Feng, An Min Zheng, Ming Biao Luo, Xian Feng Yi, Shou Zhi Pu, Guo Cong Guo
A dual temperature- and light-responsive C2H2/C2H4 separation switch in a diarylethene metal–organic framework (MOF) is presented. At 195 K and 100 kPa this MOF shows ultrahigh C2H2/C2H4 selectivity of 47.1, which is almost 21.4 times larger than the corresponding value of 2.2 at 293 K and 100 kPa, or 15.7 times larger than the value of 3.0 for the material under UV at 195 K and 100 kPa. The origin of this unique control in C2H2/C2H4 selectivity, as unveiled by density functional calculations, is due to a guest discriminatory gate-opening effect from the diarylethene unit. Photochromic diarylethene units were used to identify C2H2, leading to ultrahigh C2H2/C2H4 selectivity and promising application in C2H2/C2H4 separation at low temperature. The photochromic material can be further used as temperature- and light-response C2H2/C2H4 separation switch.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702484

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