Mechanistic investigation of hydrolysis reactions of dithioacetal derivatives grafted on silica gels

Hee Jung Im, Craig E. Barnes, Sheng Dai, Ziling Xue

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Abstract

Silica gels believed to be grafted with dithioacetal derivatives were recently used for Hg(II) extraction, and were found to selectively remove 94-100% of Hg2+ ions from metal ion mixtures. The current studies with one derivative suggest that the functional group in the Hg(II) removal is the mercapto (-SH) ligand. The dithioacetal group in (ClCOCH2S) 2CHPh (2) was hydrolyzed during its reaction with amine (-O) 3Si(CH2)3NH2 (3) grafted on silica gel to give the mercapto ligand (-O)3Si-(CH2) 3NHCOCH2SH (4). The silica gel grafted with the mercapto ligand 4 selectively removed Hg2+ ions with reported high capacities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-264
Number of pages6
JournalTalanta
Volume63
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 28 2004

Funding

The research reported here was supported by US Department of Energy Environmental Management Science Program (#DE-FG07-97ER14817), US National Science Foundation, and Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar program.

Keywords

  • Functional silica gels
  • Hydrolysis of dithioacetals
  • Mercapto ligands
  • Mercury(II) separation

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