Quinoline-5-carboxylic acid is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals agrochemicals and dyestuff fields.
Quinoline-5-carboxylic acid could synthesize a thermally stable microporous metal-organic framework (MOF Ni-Qc-5) to enhance the separation of CH4 against N2. The highest adsorption CH4 uptake (1.3 mmol/g) was achieved compared to N2 (0.28 mmol/g). Compared with other MOF materials, Ni-Qc-5 possessed very low adsorption energy and high selectivity at low pressure of 0.1 bar[1].
[1] Salman Qadir. “A thermally stable isoquinoline based ultra-microporous metal-organic framework for CH4 separation from coal mine methane.” Chemical Engineering Journal 51 1 (1900): 131136.
