US 12,070,718 B2
Solid-state copper(I) sorbents for olefin separations
Rasika Dias, Arlington, TX (US); Naleen B. Jayaratna, Arlington, TX (US); Richard D. Noble, Boulder, CO (US); Matthew G. Cowan, Denedin (NZ); and Devaborniny Parasar, Arlington, TX (US)
Assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/285,524
Filed by BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US); and THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Denver, CO (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/056286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/081540, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,837, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387134 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B01D 53/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/047 (2006.01); C07F 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 53/0462 (2013.01) [B01D 53/02 (2013.01); B01D 53/047 (2013.01); C07F 1/08 (2013.01); B01D 2253/204 (2013.01); B01D 2256/24 (2013.01); B01D 2257/7022 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process comprising:
exposing a trinuclear copper(I) pyrazolate complex to a hydrocarbon feed gas mixture comprising one or more alkenes and one or more alkanes to form a product comprising a dinuclear copper(I)-alkene complex.