Abstract
Homochiral metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained much attention because of their chiral properties and disposition for chiral separation. However, the fabrication of high-quality homochiral MOF membranes remains challenging because of the difficulty in controlling growth of MOF membranes with chiral functionalities. Ahomochiral zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) membrane is reported for efficient chiral separation. The membrane is synthesized by incorporating anatural amino acid, l-histidine (l-His), into the framework of ZIF-8. The homochiral l-His-ZIF-8 membrane exhibits a good selectivity for the R-enantiomer of 1-phenylethanol over the S-enantiomer, showing a high enantiomeric excess value up to 76%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17376-17380 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue number | 52 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Dec 2018 |
Keywords
- chiral resolution
- chirality
- homochiral
- membrane separation
- metal–organic frameworks
Equipment
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Australian Synchrotron
Office of the Vice-Provost (Research and Research Infrastructure)Facility/equipment: Facility
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Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN)
Langelier, S. (Manager)
Office of the Vice-Provost (Research and Research Infrastructure)Facility/equipment: Facility