Inventors:
William E. Hill - Auburn AL
Charles A. McAuliffe - Altrincham, GB2
Assignee:
Facilitated Separations, Inc. - Towson MD
International Classification:
C07F 1300
Abstract:
There are disclosed manganese compounds of the formula
Mn. sup. II LX. sub. 2 (Q). sub. n (I)
wherein L is a monodentate ligand of the formula
PR. sup. 1 R. sup. 2 R. sup. 3 (II)
wherein R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2, and R. sup. 3 are identical or different and are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl; or hydrogen providing that no more than two of the R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2, and R. sup. 3 groups are substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups and that at least one of R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2, and R. sup. 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl group,
X is a species capable of existing as an anion, e. g. , Cl, Br,
Q is a solvento molecule capable of forming a chemical bond to the manganese, and
n is 1, 2, or 3 solvent donor atoms.
The manganese compounds are useful in the separation of a gas such as oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur dioxide, an alkene, and carbon monoxide from fluids containing these gases.