Optical resolution of racemic amino acid derivatives with molecularly imprinted membranes from tetrapetide consisting of glycinyl residues

Molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes were prepared from polystyrene resin bearing tetrapeptide of glycine. The tetrapeptide was converted into a chiral recognition site by using the d- or l-isomer of N-α-tert-butoxycarbonyltryptophan (Boc-Trp) as a print molecule. The d-isomer was incorporated into the membrane imprinted by Boc-d-Trp in preference to the corresponding l-isomer and vice versa. Those molecularly imprinted membranes showed chiral separation ability. In the enantioselective electrodialysis, the observed permselectivity corresponded to the adsorption selectivity of ca. 2.3 at the optimum potential difference of 2.0 V.     

Electrospun nanofiber membranes from polysulfones with chiral selector aimed for optical resolution

Polysulfones with three types of alanyl residue, such as N-α-acetylalanine (Ac-Ala-OH), N-α-benzoylalanine (Bzo-Ala-OH), and N-α-benzyloxycarbonylalanine (Z-Ala-OH), as chiral selectors were prepared by polymer reaction. The resulting modified polysulfones showed chiroptical properties, indicating that the chiral selector residues were successfully introduced into the polysulfone. Nanofiber membranes prepared from the polymeric materials showed adsorption selectivity toward mixtures of racemic Glu, which were adopted as model racemates. Flux values for the nanofiber membranes were enhanced two to three orders of magnitude in comparison with the corresponding typical membranes, but without reduction in permselectivity. In the present study, it is shown that nanofiber is a suitable membrane form not only for molecularly imprinted membranes, but it exhibits enhanced throughput in comparison with typical dense membranes without concurrent reduction in permselectivity.     

Optical resolution of racemic amino acid derivatives with molecularly imprinted membranes bearing oligopeptide tweezers

Molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes were prepared from various oligopeptide tweezers by the adoption of N‐α‐tert‐butoxycarbonyl‐D ‐tryptophan (Boc‐D ‐Trp) or N‐α‐tert‐butoxycarbonyl‐L ‐tryptophan (Boc‐L ‐Trp) as a print molecule. The chiral recognition ability of the formed molecular recognition sites was dependent on the absolute configuration of the print molecule adopted in the membrane preparation (molecular imprinting) process, whereas the candidate oligopeptide tweezers consisted of the L ‐amino acid residues. In other words, the membranes imprinted by the D ‐isomer recognized the D ‐isomer in preference to the corresponding L ‐isomer, and vice versa. The affinity constant between the target molecule and the chiral recognition site from the oligopeptide tweezers was higher than that from a single‐strand oligopeptide derivative. Those membranes selectively transported the enantiomer, which was preferentially incorporated into the membrane by dialysis. The permselectivities for these membranes exceeded their adsorption selectivities. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 385–396, 2005     

Chiral Recognition Sites Converted from Tetrapeptide Derivatives Adopting Racemates as Print Molecules

Molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes were prepared from polystyrene resin bearing tetrapeptide derivatives H‐Asp(OcHex)‐Leu‐Asp(OcHex)‐Glu(OBzl)‐OCH₂‐ (DLDE) consisting of D ‐amino acid residues or L ‐amino acid residues. The tetrapeptide derivatives were converted into chiral recognition sites by using not only an optically pure Boc‐Trp but also racemic Boc‐Trps as a print molecule. The chiral recognition ability depends on the combination of the absolute configuration of the print molecule and that of constituting amino acid residues. The membrane prepared from a DLDE derivative consisting of D ‐amino acid residues and imprinted by Boc‐D ‐Trp recognized the D ‐isomer in preference to the corresponding L ‐isomer and vice versa. In the present study, it was also made clear that racemic print molecules were effective in generating chiral recognition sites. The affinity constant of the generated chiral recognition site was determined to be 9.6 × 10³ mol^?1 · dm³, which was independent of the molecular imprinting conditions. Enantioselective permeation was attained by applying electrodialysis. An optimum permselectivity of 5.9, which corresponds to the adsorption selectivity, was attained.

Summary of the molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes studied.     

Chiral polyamides consisting of N‐α‐benzoyl‐L‐glutamic acid as a diacid component

Novel polyamide with chiral environment was obtained from aromatic diamine, 4,4′‐diaminodiphenylmethane (DADPM), and N‐α‐protected L ‐glutamic acid, N‐α‐benzoyl‐L ‐glutamic acid (Benzoyl‐L ‐Glu‐OH). The optical rotation ([α]_D ) of the polyamide was determined to be 3.6° (c = 1.00 g/dL in DMF), implying that the optically active polyamide was obtained. The present polyamide gave a durable self‐standing membrane. The membrane selectively incorporated the D ‐isomer of Ac‐Trp from racemic mixture of Ac‐Trp. The adsorption selectivity toward Ac‐D ‐Trp was determined to be 1.95. It showed chiral separation ability by adopting potential difference as a driving force for membrane transport. The permselectivity was dependent on the potential difference, and at the applied potential difference of 3.0 V, the membrane selectively transported Ac‐D ‐Trp and the permselectivity toward Ac‐D ‐Trp was determined to be 1.84, which was close to the adsorption selectivity of 1.95. Contrary to this, the membrane showed opposite permselectivity at the applied potential difference of 2.0 V and the permselectivity toward the L ‐isomer reached 2.48. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 2530–2538, 2009     

Reformulating the permselectivity-conductivity tradeoff relation in ion-exchange membranes

Polymer membranes used in separation applications exhibit a tradeoff between permeability and selectivity. That is, membranes that are highly permeable tend to have low selectivity and vice versa. For ion-exchange membranes used in applications such as electrodialysis and reverse electrodialysis, this tradeoff is expressed in terms of membrane permselectivity (i.e., ability to selectively permeate counter-ions over co-ions) and ionic conductivity (i.e., ability to transport ions in the presence of an electric field). The use of membrane permselectivity and ionic conductivity to illustrate a tradeoff between counter-ion throughput and counter-ion/co-ion selectivity in ion-exchange membranes complicates the analysis since permselectivity depends on the properties of the external solution and ionic conductivity depends on the transport of all mobile ions within a membrane. Furthermore, the use of these parameters restricts the analysis to ion-exchange membranes used in applications in which counter-ion/co-ion selectivity is required. In this study, the permselectivity-conductivity tradeoff relation for ion-exchange membranes is reformulated in terms of ion concentrations and diffusion coefficients in the membrane. The reformulated framework enables a direct comparison between counter-ion throughput and counter-ion/co-ion selectivity and is general. The generalizability of the reformulated tradeoff relation is demonstrated for cation-exchange membranes used in vanadium redox flow batteries.     

Preparing molecularly imprinted membranes by phase inversion to separate kaempferol

Molecularly imprinted membranes (MIMs) were studied to separate special target molecule – kaempferol, an important active pharmaceutical ingredient. The kaempferol MIM were prepared by the liquid–solid phase inversion method. The effects of polyphenylene sulfone, LiCl, and ZnCl₂ on membrane performance were studied, a high Flux MIM was prepared, then the kaempferol molecularly imprinted polymer membrane, non‐molecularly imprinted membrane, and non‐molecularly imprinted polymer membrane were prepared to investigate adsorption capacity. From adsorption isotherm curve, the maximum equilibrium adsorption quantity was 890 µg/g, and it was MIM. The MIM and molecularly imprinted polymer membrane give high selectivity towards kaempferol; the non‐molecularly imprinted membrane and non‐molecularly imprinted polymer membrane showed low adsorption quantity and selectivity. The reuse experiment of the MIM indicated that it has good reuse property. All the results showed binding sites were important in the separation process of MIMs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transport Selectivity of a Diethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate- Based Thymine-imprinted Polymeric Membrane over a Cellulose Support for Nucleic Acid Bases

The binding mechanism between 9-vinyladenine and pyrimidine base thymine in methanol was studied with UV-visible spectrophotometric method. Based on this study, using thymine as a template molecule, 9-vinyladenine as a novel functional monomer and diethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a new cross-linker, a specific diethylene glycol dimethacrylate-based molecularly imprinted polymeric membrane was prepared over a cellulose support. Then, the resultantly polymeric membrane morphologies were visualized with scanning electron microscopy and its permselectivity was examined using thymine, uracil, cytosine, adenine and guanine as substrates. This result showed that the imprinting polymeric membrane prepared with diethylene glycol dimethacrylate exhibited higher transport capacity for the template molecule thymine and its optimal analog uracil than other nucleic acid bases. The membrane also took on higher permselectivity than the imprinted membrane made with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a cross-linker. When a mixture including five nucleic acid bases thymine, uracil, cytosine, adenine and guanine passed through the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate-based thymine-imprinted polymeric membrane, recognition of the membrane for the template molecule thymine and its optimal analog uracil was demonstrated. It was predicted that the molecularly imprinted membrane prepared with diethylene glycol dimethacrylate as cross-linker might be applicable to thymine assay of absolute hydrolysates of DNA or uracil assay of absolute hydrolysates of RNA in biological samples because of its high selectivity for the template molecule thymine and its optimal analog uracil.     

白藜芦醇分子印迹复合膜的制备及其选择性能

以反式白藜芦醇为模板分子,聚偏氟乙烯微孔滤膜为支撑膜,丙烯酰胺为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸脂(EDMA)为交联剂,采用热引发原位聚合方法制备了白藜芦醇分子印迹聚合物膜。研究了分子印迹膜对白藜芦醇及其结构类似物(2-萘酚、白藜芦醇甙和双酚A)的结合和透过性,并用扫描电镜对膜形貌进行了表征。结果表明,印迹复合膜对模板分子白藜芦醇具有良好的吸附选择性,印迹膜对白藜芦醇的吸附量远远大于其它结构类似物,其饱和吸附量达1.72μmol/g,为非印迹膜的3倍;尺寸效应和印迹效应是影响物质在印迹膜上的透过量的两个重要因素,尺寸比模板分子小的2-萘酚最先透过,而相对于尺寸接近或大于模板分子的双酚A或白藜芦醇甙,模板分子优先透过。而且,模板分子在印迹膜上的透过量大于非印迹膜。     

Permselectivity, solubility and diffusivity of propyl propionate/water mixtures in poly(ether block amide) membranes

This work is concerned with the separation of propyl propionate/water mixtures by pervaporation using PEBA membranes, which is relevant to aroma compound recovery from dilute aqueous solutions. The solubility and diffusivity pertinent to the permselectivity were investigated. The effects of feed concentration and the operating temperature on the separation performance were studied. Under the experimental conditions tested, the permeate concentration was much higher than the solubility limit, and upon phase separation substantially pure propyl propionate could be achieved. The diffusivity of propyl propionate through the membrane from its dilute aqueous solutions was affected by the solution concentration exponentially. It was shown that the permselectivity of the membrane for propyl propionate/water separation was mainly derived from its sorption selectivity due to the organophilicity of the membrane. The diffusivity of pure propyl propionate in the membrane was about 28 times higher than pure water diffusivity.     

Permeation and separation characteristics for benzene/cyclohexane mixtures through tosylcellulose membranes in pervaporation

Tosylcelluloses (TosCells) with different degrees of tosylation were synthesized as membrane materials for the separation of benzene/cyclohexane (Bz/Chx) mixtures. TosCell membranes showed a high benzenepermselectivity for the Bz/Chx mixtures in pervaporation (PV). An increase in the benzene concentration in the feed mixtures increased permeation rate but decreased the benzenepermselectivity of the TosCell membranes. The increase in the permeation rate was attributed to the increase of the degree of swelling of the TosCell membranes by the feed mixtures and the decrease in the benzenepermselectivity was mainly caused by the decrease of sorption selectivity. With low benzene concentrations in the Bz/Chx mixtures, the permeation rate of a TosCell membrane with a higher degree of tosylation was greater than that with a lower degree of tosylation, but was vice versa with a high benzene concentration. The benzenepermselectivity of the former TosCell membrane was higher than that of the latter membrane. Differences of the permeation rate and benzenepermselectivity with changes in the benzene concentration in the feed mixture and degree of tosylation of the TosCell membrane were significantly influenced by the degree of swelling of the TosCell membrane and the benzene concentration sorbed into the TosCell membrane. Mechanism of separation for the Bz/Chx mixtures through the TosCell membranes is discussed by the solution–diffusion model.     

香豆素-3-羧酸分子印迹聚合物复合膜对底物的结合及渗透选择性质的研究

在光照和引发剂的作用下, 模板分子香豆素-3-羧酸、 功能单体丙烯酰胺和交联剂乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EDMA)或三甲氧基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸(TRIM)在聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)微孔滤膜表面聚合形成分子印迹聚合物复合膜. 用高效液相色谱仪测定了分别以TRIM和EDMA为交联剂制备的分子印迹聚合物膜在不同溶剂中对混合底物的结合和渗透选择性. 结果表明, 以TRIM为交联剂的印迹膜对模板分子具有更高的结合和渗透选择性. 另外, 以乙腈或乙腈/水作为溶剂对分子印迹膜所作的实验和讨论有助于为从复杂样品中分离模板分子奠定理论和实验基础.     

Alternative molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes from a tetrapeptide residue consisting of D- or L-amino acids

Alternative molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes were prepared from a polystyrene resin bearing tetrapeptides consisting of D -amino acids or L-amino acids. The membrane prepared from a DLDE derivative (H-Asp(OcHex)-Leu-Asp(OcHex)-Glu(OBzl) CH₂ ) consisting of D -amino acids and imprinted by Boc-D -Trp recognizes the D-isomer in preference to the corresponding L -isomer and vice versa. The amino acid preferentially adsorbed by the membrane was selectively permeated by applying electrodialysis.     

Daidzein-imprinted membranes using co-functional monomers

Daidzein-imprinted poly(methacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) composite membranes with different ratios of methacrylamide (MAM) versus acrylic acid (AA) were prepared via UV initiated photo-copolymerization on the commercial filter paper with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as cross-linker and mixed cellulose ester as agglutinant. Infra-red (IR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to visualize the surface of the membranes. Binding and recognising properties of the imprinted composite membranes to daidzein and its analogues genistein were evaluated by static adsorption experiment. It was found that the daidzein-imprinted membranes showed high selectivity to daidzein, with the highest selectivity when the composite membrane with the ratio of MAM vs AA as 4:1. The results suggested that the molecularly imprinted composite membranes were potentially useful for daidzein enrichment.     

Molecularly Imprinted Nanofiber Membranes from Carboxylated Polysulfone by Electrospray Deposition

It is demonstrated that polymeric materials can be directly converted into molecular (chiral) recognition nanofiber membranes by simultaneously applying an electrospray deposition and an alternative molecular imprinting during the membrane preparation process. Polysulfone with a degree of substitution of 0.88 was adopted as the candidate polymeric material for molecularly imprinted nanofiber membranes. Molecularly imprinted nanofiber membranes imprinted by Z‐D ‐Glu recognize the D ‐isomer in preference to the corresponding L ‐isomer and vice versa. The amino acid preferentially incorporated into the membrane is selectively permeated through the membrane by using a concentration gradient as a driving force for membrane transport.

     

Evaluation of permselectivity of a liquid anion-exchange membrane by diffusion dialysis

The permselectivity of liquid anion-exchange membrane containing high molecular weight amines to some organic and inorganic anions was evaluated by diffusion dialysis. The relative ion exchange constant of the membrane solution was determined by a solvent extraction procedure. The apparent diffusivity of several ion pairs through a supported liquid membrane was determined by the time lag method. The permselectivity to the anions was approximately consistent with the Hofmeister anion series and it was correlated with the diffusivity of ion pairs in the membrane and the relative ion exchange constant at the membrane-solution interface. The relative ion exchange constant was found to be the dominant factor in permselectivity. The concentration profile of ion pairs in a stack of liquid membranes was linear with the distance at steady state.     

Preparation and characterizations of asymmetric sulfonated polysulfone membranes by wet phase inversion method

This paper presents an original approach to prepare the asymmetric sulfonated polysulfone membranes by using wet phase inversion method and their applications for dehydrating a water/ethanol mixture by pervaporation. The separation performances of sulfonated membranes were strongly affected by the degree of sulfonation and the degree of swelling of membranes. The substitution degree of sulfonic group enhanced the permselectivity of sulfonated polysulfone membranes by increasing the hydrophilicity of polymer backbone. Based on the observations of membrane morphology and light transmittance measurements, the degree of sulfonation of polysulfone presented less influence on the membrane formation pathway and the final structure of membrane in wet phase inversion process. It was also found that the sulfonated membranes showed well hydrophilic properties and facilitated water adsorption in the membranes. The sorption and permeation properties also showed that the permselectivity of asymmetric membrane was dominated by the permeate diffusion rather than the permeate sorption in the skin layer. The high separation performance of pervaporation membrane can be achieved by phase inverse method with sulfonated polysulfone.     

铅(Ⅱ)离子印迹复合膜的制备及其性能研究

以聚丙烯微孔膜(MPPM)为支撑,采用共价表面修饰和离子印迹技术,制备了Pb(Ⅱ)离子印迹复合膜.首先通过紫外光引发丙烯酸接枝聚合,在MPPM表面引入羧基;然后基于羧基和氨基的反应,将壳聚糖共价接枝到MPPM表面;再以Pb(Ⅱ)为模板离子、环氧氯丙烷为交联剂,通过配位键作用形成离子印迹位点.制备过程通过ATR-FTIR和XPS分析得到了证实.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)-能量色散X射线光谱仪(EDX)对膜表面及截面的形貌及元素分布进行了分析.静态水接触角和纯水通量实验结果显示,印迹复合膜具有良好的表面亲水性和渗透性,在离子印迹聚合物接枝率为174.4μg/cm2时,水通量高达2659±58 L/(m2.h).印迹复合膜对Pb(Ⅱ)离子的吸附亲和性和渗透选择性分别通过平衡结合实验和竞争渗透实验进行评价.与非印迹复合膜相比,印迹复合膜对Pb(Ⅱ)离子展现出更强的吸附亲和性,更快的吸附速率及更好的渗透选择性,以Cu(Ⅱ)和Zn(Ⅱ)作为竞争离子,其渗透选择性因子分别为3.43和3.93.     

Effects of ion association of lipophilic quaternary ammonium salts in ion-exchange and potentiometric selectivity

It has been found experimentally and substantiated theoretically that the anion-exchange selectivity in water—lipophilic quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) toluene solutions systems as well as the potentiometric selectivity of plasticized PVC membranes containing QAS, are strongly influenced by ion association. In particular, it has been demonstrated that varying the steric accessibility of QAS exchange center is a powerful tool for the selectivity control. The experimental values of the selectivity change caused by variations in the QAS exchange center steric accessibility were about 3 orders of magnitude when the single-charged ions were exchanged for the single-charged ones and more than seven orders when double-charged ions were exchanged for the single-charged. The above effects have also been observed for the potentiometric selectivity of QAS-based PVC membranes and, to some extent, for the potentiometric selectivity of the neutral anion carrier-based membranes doped by QAS to provide anion permselectivity. This fact is of immediate practical interest for the development of ISE with improved selectivity. The obtained results allow to revise the generally accepted idea of QAS as “nonselective” ion-exchangers and to suggest specific ways for controlling the ion-exchange and potentiometric selectivity using the ion association as a tool.     

Synthesis and selective recognition property of Ni2+‐imprinted microporous polymer beads

Nickel ion‐imprinted polymer (IIP) was synthesized from dimethylglyoxime and 4‐vinyl pyridine monomers. These functional monomers were self assembled with the Ni²⁺ template and then copolymerized with divinylbenzene and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate crosslinkers in toluene porogen via suspension polymerization. Imprinting was achieved by removing the template ion from the copolymers by extensive washing. The IIP particles produced were 300–700 µm in diameter and were spherical. The chemical and physical structures were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis. The adsorption capacity and kinetics, and separation selectivity were investigated using atomic adsorption spectroscopy in batch adsorption operation mode. The Ni²⁺‐imprinted polymers showed excellent adsorption ability and selective separation property. The adsorption capacity for Ni²⁺ was 320 µmol/g, and the selectivity factors (α) for Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Fe²⁺, and Cd²⁺ were 6, 11, 12, and 27, respectively. The adsorption capacity and separation selectivity were affected by the environmental pH, as the protonation easily took place in acidic condition. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.