- P-ISSN 1225-0163
- E-ISSN 2288-8985
Inclusion selectivity of a three-dimensional piperazine-ligated cyanocadmate host complex, <TEX>$[Cd_x(CN)_{2x}\{HN(CH_2CH_2)_2NH\}_y]{\cdot}zG$</TEX>, has been investigated for benzene (B), toluene (T), ethylbenzene (E), o- (O), m- (M), and p-xylene (P) isomers as the aromatic guest molecules. From the binary, ternary and quarternary guest mixtures of E and xylene isomer (X), the order of inclusion selectivity in the host complex is O>E>P>M. From the binary to quinary BTX mixtures, the order of preference in the complex is seen to be B>T>O<TEX>${\gg}$</TEX>P>M.