Molecular Sieving of C2‐C3 Alkene from Alkyne with Tuned Threshold Pressure in Robust Layered Metal–Organic Frameworks

C₂‐C₃ alkyne/alkene separation is of great importance; however, designing materials for an efficient molecular sieving of alkenes from alkynes remains challenging. Now, two hydrolytically stable layered MOFs, [Cu(dps)₂(GeF₆)] (GeFSIX‐dps‐Cu, dps=4,4′‐dipyridylsulfide) and [Zn(dps)₂(GeF₆)] (GeFSIX‐dps‐Zn), can achieve almost complete exclusion of both C₃H₆ and C₂H₄ from their alkyne analogues. GeFSIX‐dps‐Cu displays a notable advanced threshold pressure for alkynes adsorption and thus substantial uptakes at lower pressures, providing record C₃H₄/C₃H₆ uptake ratios and capacity‐enhanced C₂H₂/C₂H₄ sieving for a wide composition range. Metal substitution (Zn to Cu) affords fine tuning of linker rotation and layer stacking, creating slightly expanded pore aperture and interlayer space coupled with multiple hydrogen‐bonding sites, allowing easier entrance of alkyne while excluding alkene. Breakthrough experiments confirmed tunable sieving by these MOFs for C₃H₄/C₃H₆ and C₂H₂/C₂H₄ mixtures.     

Ultramicroporous Building Units as a Path to Bi‐microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks with High Acetylene Storage and Separation Performance

A strategy called ultramicroporous building unit (UBU) is introduced. It allows the creation of hierarchical bi‐porous features that work in tandem to enhance gas uptake capacity and separation. Smaller pores from UBUs promote selectivity, while larger inter‐UBU packing pores increase uptake capacity. The effectiveness of this UBU strategy is shown with a cobalt MOF (denoted SNNU‐45) in which octahedral cages with 4.5 Å pore size serve as UBUs. The C₂H₂ uptake capacity at 1 atm reaches 193.0 cm³ g^?1 (8.6 mmol g^?1) at 273 K and 134.0 cm³ g^?1 (6.0 mmol g^?1) at 298 K. Such high uptake capacity is accompanied by a high C₂H₂/CO₂ selectivity of up to 8.5 at 298 K. Dynamic breakthrough studies at room temperature and 1 atm show a C₂H₂/CO₂ breakthrough time up to 79 min g^?1, among top‐performing MOFs. Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations agree that ultrahigh C₂H₂/CO₂ selectivity is mainly from UBU ultramicropores, while packing pores promote C₂H₂ uptake capacity.     

Molecular Sieving of C2-C3 Alkene from Alkyne with Tuned Threshold Pressure in Robust Layered Metal–Organic Frameworks

C₂-C₃ alkyne/alkene separation is of great importance; however, designing materials for an efficient molecular sieving of alkenes from alkynes remains challenging. Now, two hydrolytically stable layered MOFs, [Cu(dps)₂(GeF₆)] (GeFSIX-dps-Cu, dps=4,4′-dipyridylsulfide) and [Zn(dps)₂(GeF₆)] (GeFSIX-dps-Zn), can achieve almost complete exclusion of both C₃H₆ and C₂H₄ from their alkyne analogues. GeFSIX-dps-Cu displays a notable advanced threshold pressure for alkynes adsorption and thus substantial uptakes at lower pressures, providing record C₃H₄/C₃H₆ uptake ratios and capacity-enhanced C₂H₂/C₂H₄ sieving for a wide composition range. Metal substitution (Zn to Cu) affords fine tuning of linker rotation and layer stacking, creating slightly expanded pore aperture and interlayer space coupled with multiple hydrogen-bonding sites, allowing easier entrance of alkyne while excluding alkene. Breakthrough experiments confirmed tunable sieving by these MOFs for C₃H₄/C₃H₆ and C₂H₂/C₂H₄ mixtures.     

Tuning Pore Polarization to Boost Ethane/Ethylene Separation Performance in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks

Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) show great potential in energy-saving C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation, but there are few examples of one-step acquisition of C₂H₄ from C₂H₆/C₂H₄ because it is still difficult to achieve the reverse-order adsorption of C₂H₆ and C₂H₄. In this work, we boost the C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation performance in two graphene-sheet-like HOFs by tuning pore polarization. Upon heating, an in situ solid phase transformation can be observed from HOF-NBDA(DMA) (DMA=dimethylamine cation) to HOF-NBDA , accompanied with transformation of the electronegative skeleton into neutral one. As a result, the pore surface of HOF-NBDA has become nonpolar, which is beneficial to selectively adsorbing C₂H₆. The difference in the capacities for C₂H₆ and C₂H₄ is 23.4 cm³ g⁻¹ for HOF-NBDA , and the C₂H₆/C₂H₄ uptake ratio is 136 %, which are much higher than those for HOF-NBDA(DMA) (5.0 cm³ g⁻¹ and 108 % respectively). Practical breakthrough experiments demonstrate HOF-NBDA could produce polymer-grade C₂H₄ from C₂H₆/C₂H₄ (1/99, v/v) mixture with a high productivity of 29.2 L kg⁻¹ at 298 K, which is about five times as high as HOF-NBDA(DMA) (5.4 L kg⁻¹). In addition, in situ breakthrough experiments and theoretical calculations indicate the pore surface of HOF-NBDA is beneficial to preferentially capture C₂H₆ and thus boosts selective separation of C₂H₆/C₂H₄.     

De-Linker-Enabled Exceptional Volumetric Acetylene Storage Capacity and Benchmark C2H2/C2H4 and C2H2/CO2 Separations in Metal–Organic Frameworks

An ideal adsorbent for separation requires optimizing both storage capacity and selectivity, but maximizing both or achieving a desired balance remain challenging. Herein, a de-linker strategy is proposed to address this issue for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Broadly speaking, the de-linker idea targets a class of materials that may be viewed as being intermediate between zeolites and MOFs. Its feasibility is shown here by a series of ultra-microporous MOFs (SNNU-98-M, M=Mn, Co, Ni, Zn). SNNU-98 exhibit high volumetric C₂H₂ uptake capacity under low and ambient pressures (175.3 cm³ cm⁻³ @ 0.1 bar, 222.9 cm³ cm⁻³ @ 1 bar, 298 K), as well as extraordinary selectivity (2405.7 for C₂H₂/C₂H₄, 22.7 for C₂H₂/CO₂). Remarkably, SNNU-98-Mn can efficiently separate C₂H₂ from C₂H₂/CO₂ and C₂H₂/C₂H₄ mixtures with a benchmark C₂H₂/C₂H₄ (1/99) breakthrough time of 2325 min g⁻¹, and produce 99.9999 % C₂H₄ with a productivity up to 64.6 mmol g⁻¹, surpassing values of reported MOF adsorbents.     

Microporous Magnesium and Manganese Formates for Acetylene Storage and Separation

Acetylene sorption of microporous metal formates M(HCOO)₂ (M=Mg and Mn) was investigated. Measurements of acetylene sorption at 196, 275, and 298 K showed a Type I isotherm with quick saturation at low pressures, and 50–75 cm³ g^?1 uptake at 1.0 atm. The single‐crystal X‐ray structure analysis of the acetylene‐adsorbed metal formates revealed that acetylene molecules occupy two independent positions in the zigzag channels of the frameworks with a stoichiometry of M(HCOO)₂?1/3C₂H₂, which is consistent with the gas sorption experiments. No specific interaction except van der Waals interactions between the adsorbed acetylene molecules and the walls of the frameworks was found. Sorption properties of other gases, including CO₂, CH₄, N₂, O₂, and H₂, were also investigated. When the temperature was increased to 298 K, the amount of adsorbed acetylene was still above 60 cm³ g^?1 for Mg(HCOO)₂ and 50 cm³ g^?1 for Mn(HCOO)₂, whereas the uptake of other gases decreased substantially. The microporous metal formates may thus be useful not only for the storage of acetylene but also its separation from other gases at room or slightly higher temperatures.     

A Strategy for Constructing Pore-Space-Partitioned MOFs with High Uptake Capacity for C2 Hydrocarbons and CO2

Introduction of pore partition agents into hexagonal channels of MIL-88 type (acs topology) endows materials with high tunability in gas sorption. Here, we report a strategy to partition acs framework into pacs (partitioned acs) crystalline porous materials (CPM). This strategy is based on insertion of in situ synthesized 4,4′-dipyridylsulfide (dps) ligands. One third of open metal sites in the acs net are retained in pacs MOFs; two thirds are used for pore-space partition. The Co₂V-pacs MOFs exhibit near or at record high uptake capacities for C₂H₂, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, and CO₂ among MOFs. The storage capacity of C₂H₂ is 234 cm³ g⁻¹ (298 K) and 330 cm³ g⁻¹ (273 K) at 1 atm for CPM-733-dps (the Co₂V-BDC form, BDC=1,4-benzenedicarboxylate). These high uptake capacities are accomplished with low heat of adsorption, a feature desirable for low-energy-cost adsorbent regeneration. CPM-733-dps is stable and shows no loss of C₂H₂ adsorption capacity following multiple adsorption–desorption cycles.     

Ultramicropore Engineering by Dehydration to Enable Molecular Sieving of H2 by Calcium Trimesate

The high energy footprint of commodity gas purification and increasing demand for gases require new approaches to gas separation. Kinetic separation of gas mixtures through molecular sieving can enable separation by molecular size or shape exclusion. Physisorbents must exhibit the right pore diameter to enable separation, but the 0.3–0.4 nm range relevant to small gas molecules is hard to control. Herein, dehydration of the ultramicroporous metal–organic framework Ca‐trimesate, Ca(HBTC)?H₂O (H₃BTC=trimesic acid), bnn‐1‐Ca‐H₂O, affords a narrow pore variant, Ca(HBTC), bnn‐1‐Ca. Whereas bnn‐1‐Ca‐H₂O (pore diameter 0.34 nm) exhibits ultra‐high CO₂/N₂, CO₂/CH₄, and C₂H₂/C₂H₄ binary selectivity, bnn‐1‐Ca (pore diameter 0.31 nm) offers ideal selectivity for H₂/CO₂ and H₂/N₂ under cryogenic conditions. Ca‐trimesate, the first physisorbent to exhibit H₂ sieving under cryogenic conditions, could be a prototype for a general approach to exert precise control over pore diameter in physisorbents.     

Control of pore environment in highly porous carbon materials for C2H6/C2H4 separation with exceptional ethane uptake

Adsorptive separation of C₂H₆ from C₂H₄ by adsorbents is an energy-efficient and promising method to boost the polymer grades C₂H₄ production. However, that C₂H₆ and C₂H₄ display very similar physical properties, making their separation extremely challenging. In this work, by regulating the pore environment in a family of chitosan-based carbon materials (C-CTS-1, C-CTS-2, C-CTS-4, and C-CTS-6)- we target ultrahigh C₂H₆ uptake and C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation, which exceeds most benchmark carbon materials. Explicitly, the C₂H₆ uptake of C-CTS-2 (166 cm³/g at 100 kPa and 298 K) has the second-highest adsorption capacity among all the porous materials. In addition, C-CTS-2 gives C₂H₆/C₂H₄ selectivity of 1.75 toward a 1:15 mixture of C₂H₆/C₂H₄. Notably, the adsorption enthalpies for C₂H₆ in C-CTS-2 are low (21.3 kJ/mol), which will facilitate regeneration in mild conditions. Furthermore, C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation performance was confirmed by binary breakthrough experiments. Under different ethane/ethylene ratios, C-CTS-X extracts a low ethane concentration from an ethane/ethylene mixture and produces high-purity C₂H₄ in one step. Spectroscopic measurement and diffraction analysis provide critical insight into the adsorption/separation mechanism. The nitrogen functional groups on the surface play a vital role in improving C₂H₆/C₂H₄ selectivity, and the adsorption capacities depend on the pore size and micropore volume. Moreover, these robust porous materials exhibit outstanding stability (up to 800 °C) and can be easily prepared on a large scale (kg) at a low cost (～$26 per kg), which is very significant for potential industrial applications.     

A Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Unique Aromatic Pore Surfaces for High Performance C2H6/C2H4 Separation

Developing adsorptive separation processes based on C₂H₆-selective sorbents to replace energy-intensive cryogenic distillation is a promising alternative for C₂H₄ purification from C₂H₄/C₂H₆ mixtures, which however remains challenging. During our studies on two isostructural metal–organic frameworks ( Ni-MOF 1 and Ni-MOF 2 ), we found that Ni-MOF 2 exhibited significantly higher performance for C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation than Ni-MOF-1 , as clearly established by gas sorption isotherms and breakthrough experiments. Density-Functional Theory (DFT) studies showed that the unblocked unique aromatic pore surfaces within Ni-MOF 2 induce more and stronger C−H⋅⋅⋅π with C₂H₆ over C₂H₄ while the suitable pore spaces enforce its high C₂H₆ uptake capacity, featuring Ni-MOF 2 as one of the best porous materials for this very important gas separation. It generates 12 L kg⁻¹ of polymer-grade C₂H₄ product from equimolar C₂H₆/C₂H₄ mixtures at ambient conditions.     

Mixed Metal–Organic Framework with Multiple Binding Sites for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation

The separation of C₂H₂/CO₂ is particularly challenging owing to their similarities in physical properties and molecular sizes. Reported here is a mixed metal–organic framework (M′MOF), [Fe(pyz)Ni(CN)₄] ( FeNi‐M′MOF , pyz=pyrazine), with multiple functional sites and compact one‐dimensional channels of about 4.0 Å for C₂H₂/CO₂ separation. This MOF shows not only a remarkable volumetric C₂H₂ uptake of 133 cm³ cm^?3, but also an excellent C₂H₂/CO₂ selectivity of 24 under ambient conditions, resulting in the second highest C₂H₂‐capture amount of 4.54 mol L^?1, thus outperforming most previous benchmark materials. The separation performance of this material is driven by π–π stacking and multiple intermolecular interactions between C₂H₂ molecules and the binding sites of FeNi‐M′MOF . This material can be facilely synthesized at room temperature and is water stable, highlighting FeNi‐M′MOF as a promising material for C₂H₂/CO₂ separation.     

Mixed Metal–Organic Framework with Multiple Binding Sites for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation

The separation of C₂H₂/CO₂ is particularly challenging owing to their similarities in physical properties and molecular sizes. Reported here is a mixed metal–organic framework (M′MOF), [Fe(pyz)Ni(CN)₄] ( FeNi-M′MOF , pyz=pyrazine), with multiple functional sites and compact one-dimensional channels of about 4.0 Å for C₂H₂/CO₂ separation. This MOF shows not only a remarkable volumetric C₂H₂ uptake of 133 cm³ cm⁻³, but also an excellent C₂H₂/CO₂ selectivity of 24 under ambient conditions, resulting in the second highest C₂H₂-capture amount of 4.54 mol L⁻¹, thus outperforming most previous benchmark materials. The separation performance of this material is driven by π–π stacking and multiple intermolecular interactions between C₂H₂ molecules and the binding sites of FeNi-M′MOF . This material can be facilely synthesized at room temperature and is water stable, highlighting FeNi-M′MOF as a promising material for C₂H₂/CO₂ separation.     

Rate constants for the elementary reactions between CN radicals and CH4, C2H6, C2H4, C3H6, and C2H2 in the range: 295 ⩽ T/K ⩽ 700

Pulsed laser photolysis, time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence experiments have been carried out on the reactions of CN radicals with CH₄, C₂H₆, C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₂H₂. They have yielded rate constants for these five reactions at temperatures between 295 and 700 K. The data for the reactions with methane and ethane have been combined with other recent results and fitted to modified Arrhenius expressions, k(T) = A′(298) (T/298)ⁿ exp(?θ/T), yielding: for CH₄, A′(298) = 7.0 × 10^?13 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, n = 2.3, and θ = ?16 K; and for C₂H₆, A′(298) = 5.6 × 10^?12 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, n = 1.8, and θ = ?500 K. The rate constants for the reactions with C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₂H₂ all decrease monotonically with temperature and have been fitted to expressions of the form, k(T) = k(298) (T/298)ⁿ with k(298) = 2.5 × 10^?10 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, n = ?0.24 for CN + C₂H₄; k(298) = 3.4 × 10^?10 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, n = ?0.19 for CN + C₃H₆; and k(298) = 2.9 × 10^?10 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, n = ?0.53 for CN + C₂H₂. These reactions almost certainly proceed via addition-elimination yielding an unsaturated cyanide and an H-atom. Our kinetic results for reactions of CN are compared with those for reactions of the same hydrocarbons with other simple free radical species. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Charge Control in Two Isostructural Anionic/Cationic CoII Coordination Frameworks for Enhanced Acetylene Capture

Two isostructural Co^II‐based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with the opposite framework charges have been constructed, which can be simply controlled by changing the tetrazolyl or triazolyl terminal in two bifunctional ligands. Notably, the cationic MOF 2 can adsorb much more C₂H₂ than the anionic MOF 1 with an increase of 88 % for C₂H₂ uptake at 298 K in spite of more active nitrogen sites in 1 . Theoretical calculations indicate that both nitrate and triazolyl play vital roles in C₂H₂ binding and the C₂H₂ adsorption isotherm confirms that the enhanced C₂H₂ uptake for 2 (225 and 163 cm³g^?1 at 273 and 298 K) is exceptionally high for MOF materials without open metal sites or uncoordinated polar atom groups on the frameworks.     

Ultrafast Semi-Solid Processing of Highly Durable ZIF-8 Membranes for Propylene/Propane Separation

ZIF-8 membranes have emerged as the most promising candidate for propylene/propane (C₃H₆/C₃H₈) separation through its precise molecular sieving characteristics. The poor reproducibility and durability, and high cost, thus far hinder the scalable synthesis and industrial application of ZIF-8 membranes. Herein, we report a semi-solid process featuring ultrafast and high-yield synthesis, and outstanding scalability for reproducible fabrication of ZIF-8 membranes. The membranes show excellent C₃H₆/C₃H₈ separation performance in a wide temperature and pressure range, and remarkable stability over 6 months. The ZIF-8 membrane features dimethylacetamide entrapped ZIF-8 crystals retaining the same diffusion characteristics but offering enhanced adsorptive selectivity for C₃H₆/C₃H₈. The ZIF-8 membrane was prepared on a commercial flat-sheet ceramic substrate. A prototypical plate-and-frame membrane module with an effective membrane area of about 300 cm² was used for efficient C₃H₆/C₃H₈ separation.     

Sorting of C4 Olefins with Interpenetrated Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials by Combining Molecular Recognition and Size‐Sieving

C₄ olefin separations present one of the great challenges in hydrocarbon purifications owing to their similar structures, thus a single separation mechanism often met with limited success. Herein we report a series of anion‐pillared interpenetrated copper coordination for which the cavity and functional site disposition can be varied in 0.2 Å scale increments by altering the anion pillars and organic linkers (GeFSIX‐2‐Cu‐i (ZU‐32), NbFSIX‐2‐Cu‐i (ZU‐52), GeFSIX‐14‐Cu‐i (ZU‐33)), which enable selective recognition of different C₄ olefins. In these materials the rotation of the organic linkers is controlled to create a contracted flexible pore window that enables the size‐exclusion of specific C₄ olefins, while still adsorbing significant amounts of 1,3‐butadiene (C₄H₆) or 1‐butene (n‐C₄H₈). Combining the molecular recognition and size‐sieving effect, these materials unexpectedly realized the sieving of C₄H₆/n‐C₄H₈, C₄H₆/iso‐C₄H₈, and n‐C₄H₈/iso‐C₄H₈ with high capacity.     

Enhanced Carbon Monoxide Electroreduction to >1 A cm−2 C2+ Products Using Copper Catalysts Dispersed on MgAl Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet House-of-Cards Scaffolds

Cu catalysts are most apt for reducing CO₍₂₎ to multi-carbon products in aqueous electrolytes. To enhance the product yield, we can increase the overpotential and the catalyst mass loading. However, these approaches can cause inadequate mass transport of CO₍₂₎ to the catalytic sites, which will then lead to H₂ evolution dominating the product selectivity. Herein, we use a MgAl LDH nanosheet ‘house-of-cards’ scaffold to disperse CuO-derived Cu (OD-Cu). With this support-catalyst design, at −0.7 V_RHE, CO could be reduced to C₂₊ products with a current density (j_C2+) of −1251 mA cm⁻². This is 14× that of the j_C2+ shown by unsupported OD-Cu. The current densities of C₂₊ alcohols and C₂H₄ were also high at −369 and −816 mA cm⁻² respectively. We propose that the porosity of the LDH nanosheet scaffold enhances CO diffusion through the Cu sites. The CO reduction rate can thus be increased, while minimizing H₂ evolution, even when high catalyst loadings and large overpotentials are used.     

Nanoscale ensembles using building blocks inspired by the [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site

The hydrogenase model [Fe₂(S₂C₃H₆)(CN)₂(CO)₄]²⁻ was employed as a molecular tecton for the construction of supramolecular aggregates. IR spectroscopy indicated that cyanide bridged aggregates are formed when [Fe₂(S₂C₃H₆)(CN)₂(CO)₄]²⁻ was treated with Lewis acids such as Zn(tetraphenylporphyrinate), [Cu(NCMe)(2,2′-bipyridine)]PF₆ and [Cu(NCMe)₄]PF₆. Condensation of [Fe₂(S₂C₃H₆)(CN)₂(CO)₄]²⁻ with the tritopic Lewis acid [Cp¹Rh]²⁺ afforded the novel expanded tetrahedron cage, {[Fe₂(S₂C₃H₆)(CN)₂(CO)₄]₆[Cp¹Rh]₄}⁴⁻. The tetrahedron cage was characterized crystallographically as the PPN salt.     

Systematic Experimental Study on Quantum Sieving of Hydrogen Isotopes in Metal-Amide-Imidazolate Frameworks with narrow 1-D Channels

Quantum sieving of hydrogen isotopes is experimentally studied in isostructural hexagonal metal-organic frameworks having 1-D channels, named IFP-1, −3, −4 and −7. Inside the channels, different molecules or atoms restrict the channel diameter periodically with apertures larger (4.2 Å for IFP-1, 3.1 Å for IFP-3) and smaller (2.1 Å for IFP-7, 1.7 Å for IFP-4) than the kinetic diameter of hydrogen isotopes. From a geometrical point of view, no gas should penetrate into IFP-7 and IFP-4, but due to the thermally induced flexibility, so-called gate-opening effect of the apertures, penetration becomes possible with increasing temperature. Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurements with pure H₂ or D₂ have been applied to study isotope adsorption. Further TDS experiments after exposure to an equimolar H₂/D₂ mixture allow to determine directly the selectivity of isotope separation by quantum sieving. IFP-7 shows a very low selectivity not higher than S=2. The selectivity of the materials with the smallest pore aperture IFP-4 has a constant value of S≈2 for different exposure times and pressures, which can be explained by the 1-D channel structure. Due to the relatively small cavities between the apertures of IFP-4 and IFP-7, molecules in the channels cannot pass each other, which leads to a single-file filling. Therefore, no time dependence is observed, since the quantum sieving effect occurs only at the outermost pore aperture, resulting in a low separation selectivity.     

The Adsorption and Simulated Separation of Light Hydrocarbons in Isoreticular Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on Dendritic Ligands with Different Aliphatic Side Chains

Three isoreticular metal–organic frameworks, JUC‐100, JUC‐103 and JUC‐106, were synthesized by connecting six‐node dendritic ligands to a [Zn₄O(CO₂)₆] cluster. JUC‐103 and JUC‐106 have additional methyl and ethyl groups, respectively, in the pores with respect to JUC‐100. The uptake measurements of the three MOFs for CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆ and C₃H₈ were carried out. At 298 K, 1 atm, JUC‐103 has relatively high CH₄ uptake, but JUC‐100 is the best at 273 K, 1 atm. JUC‐100 and JUC‐103 have similar C₂H₄ absorption ability. In addition, JUC‐100 has the best absorption capacity for C₂H₆ and C₃H₈. These results suggest that high surface area and appropriate pore size are important factors for gas uptake. Furthermore, ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) analyses show that all three MOFs have good C₃H₈/CH₄ and C₂H₆/CH₄ selectivities for an equimolar quaternary CH₄/C₂H₄/C₂H₆/C₃H₈ gas mixture maintained at isothermal conditions at 298 K, and JUC‐106 has the best C₂H₆/CH₄ selectivity. The breakthrough simulations indicate that all three MOFs have good capability for separating C2 hydrocarbons from C3 hydrocarbons. The pulse chromatographic simulations also indicate that all three MOFs are able to separate CH₄/C₂H₄/C₂H₆/C₃H₈ mixture into three different fractions of C1, C2 and C3 hydrocarbons.