Patent ID: 8530717

Claim:
A process for industrial isolation of propene from a gas stream comprising at least propene and propane, the process comprising: contacting the gas stream with an adsorbent comprising a porous metal organic framework comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinated to at least one metal ion, with the adsorbent becoming laden with propane and the gas stream therefore having an increased proportion of propene, wherein the at least bidentate organic compound is an imidazolate which is unsubstituted or has at least one substituent independently selected from the group consisting of a halogen, a C 1-6 -alkyl, a phenyl, NH 2 , an NH(C 1-6 -alkyl), an N(C 1-6 -alkyl) 2 , an OH, O-phenyl, and an O—C 1-6 -alkyl.