A porous metal-organic framework with dynamic pyrimidine groups exhibiting record high methane storage working capacity

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Apr 30;136(17):6207-10. doi: 10.1021/ja501810r. Epub 2014 Apr 15.

Abstract

We have realized a new porous metal-organic framework UTSA-76a with pyrimidine groups on the linker, exhibiting high volumetric methane uptake of ~260 cm(3) (STP) cm(-3) at 298 K and 65 bar, and record high working capacity of ~200 cm(3) (STP) cm(-3) (between 5 and 65 bar). Such exceptionally high working capacity is attributed to the central "dynamic" pyrimidine groups within UTSA-76a, which are capable of adjusting their orientations to optimize the methane packing at high pressure, as revealed by computational studies and neutron scattering experiments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Methane / isolation & purification*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Pressure
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pyrimidines
  • pyrimidine
  • Methane