Ultrafine Na-4-mica: uptake of alkali and alkaline earth metal cations by ion exchange

The cation exchange properties of alkali and alkaline earth metal cations at room temperature were investigated on an ultrafine, highly charged Na-4-mica (with the ideal mica composition Na4Mg6Al4Si4O20F4.xH2O). Ultrafine mica crystallites of 200 nm in size led to faster Sr2+ uptake kinetics in comparison to larger mica crystallites. The alkali metal ion (K+, Cs+, and Li+) exchange uptake was rapid, and complete exchange occurred within 30 min. For the alkaline earth metal ions Ba2+, Ca2+, and Mg2+, however, the exchange uptake required lengthy periods from 3 days to 4 weeks to be completed, similar to its Sr uptake, as previously reported. Kinetic models of the modified Freundlich and parabolic diffusion were examined for the experimental data on the Ba2+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ uptakes. The modified Freundlich model described well the Ba2+ ion uptake kinetics as well as that for the Sr2+ ion, while for the Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions the parabolic diffusion model showed better fitting. The alkali and alkaline earth ion exchange isotherms were also determined in comparison to the Sr2+ exchange isotherm. The thermodynamic equilibria for these cations were compared by using Kielland plots evaluated from the isotherms.     

Thin-layer chromatographic behavior of rare earths on silica gel with aqueous alkaline earth metal nitrate solutions as mobile phases

The TLC behavior of all the rare earths except Pm has been surveyed on silica gel (pH 7.0) pretreated with 0.1 mol L(-1) tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane and 0.1 mol L(-1) HCl with aqueous nitrate solutions of alkaline earth metals as mobile phases. The RF values of the lanthanides varied in a regular and characteristic way accompanied by the tetrad effect with increasing atomic number, and when the mobile phases were changed the RF values of each metal decreased in the order Mg2+ > Ca2+ > Sr2+ > Ba2+, as the crystal ionic radii of the alkaline earth metals increased. This adsorption sequence was not observed with alkali metal nitrate and alkali metal chloride mobile phases. A brief discussion concerning the effect on RF values of the solvent cations and the adsorption mechanism is included; also presented are typical chromatograms for the separation of multi-component mixtures containing adjacent lanthanides.     

Capillary electrophoretic study of interactions of metal ions with crown ethers,a sulfated beta-cyclodextrin,and zwitterionic buffers present as additives in the background electrolyte

Stability constants of K, Na, Ca, and Ba with 18-crown-6, K, Na, Li with sulfated beta-cyclodextrin and K, Li, Ca, Mg, Sr, and Ba ions with ([2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl) ethyl]-amino)-1-propanesulfonic acid (TAPS) were determined by capillary electrophoresis and computed using a general least squares minimizing program CELET. The results for 18-crown-6 agreed well with those evaluated by graphical methods or reported in the literature. Previously unknown stability constants of sulfated beta-cyclodextrins and TAPS determined for alkali and alkaline earth metals show that sulfated beta-cyclodextrin interacts with monovalent metals allowing to manipulate their effective mobility. It interacts stronger with divalent metal cations. TAPS, as zwitterionic buffer widely used in various analytical, biochemical and other applications, forms complexes with alkali and alkaline earth cations, and although the stability constants are rather low, the equilibria should be taken into account when TAPS is used and metal cations are present in solution at the same time.     

A calixarene based fluorescent Sr2+ and Ca2+ probe

A fluorescent probe, PyCalix, which has two pyrene moieties at the lower rim of a calix[4]arene fixed in the cone conformation was synthesized and its complexation behavior with alkali and alkaline earth cations was studied by fluorescence spectrometry. The compound showed intramolecular excimer emission at approximately 480 nm in the fluorescence spectra. Upon complexation with alkaline earth metal cations, a decrease of excimer emission was observed. The decrease of excimer emission was accompanied by an increase of monomer emission of pyrenes at 397 nm. The order of complexation constants of PyCalix with metal ions was Sr(+ approximately Ca2+ > Ba2+ > Mg2+ > K+ > Na+ > Cs+ for all reagents. PyCalix doped polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane was fabricated and our results showed that this membrane can be used for selective detection of Sr2+.     

Factors governing the metal coordination number in isolated group IA and IIA metal hydrates

Many of the group IA and IIA metal ions, such as Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+, play crucial roles in biological functions. Previous theoretical studies generally focus on the number of water molecules bound to a particular (as opposed to all) alkali or alkaline earth cations and could not establish a single preferred CN for the heavier alkali and alkaline earth ion-water complexes. Crystal structures of hydrated Na+, K+, and Rb+ also cannot establish the preferred number of inner-shell water molecules bound to these cations. Consequently, it is unclear if the gas-phase CNs of group IA metal hydrates increase with increasing ion size, as observed for the group IIA series from the Cambridge Structural Database, and if the same factors govern the gas-phase CNs of both group IA and IIA ion-water complexes. Thus, in this work, we determine the number of water molecules directly bound to the series of alkali (Li+, Na+, K+, and Rb+) and alkaline earth (Be2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) metal ions in the gas phase by computing the free energy for forming an isolated metal-aqua complex as a function of the number of water molecules at 298 K. The preferred gas-phase CNs of group IA hydrates appear insensitive to the ion size; they are all 4, except for Rb+, where a CN of 6 seems as likely. In contrast, the preferred gas-phase CNs of the group IIA dications increase with increasing ion size; they are 4 for Be2+, 6 for Mg2+ and Ca2+, and 7 for Sr2+ and Ba2+. An entropic penalty disfavors a gas-phase CN greater than 4 for group IA hydrates, but it does not dictate the gas-phase CNs of group IIA hydrates. Instead, interactions between the metal ion and first-shell water molecules and between first-shell and second-shell water molecules govern the preferred gas-phase CNs of the group IIA metal hydrates.     

Fluorometric sensing of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations by novel photosensitive monoazacryptand derivatives in aqueous micellar solutions

Novel monoazacryptand-type fluorescent chemosensors, (derived from an 18-crown-6) and (derived from a 15-crown-5) both with a pyrene ring as their photoresponsive moiety, were synthesized. Their fluorescence properties for alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations in water were then examined. The detection of metal cations was accomplished by a change in the fluorescence intensity of the host compounds, based on a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism. In aqueous solution, showed little fluorescence upon the addition of Ba2+ because of the very weak complexation with Ba2+, but the presence of micelles of polyoxyethylene(10) isooctylphenyl ether (Triton X-100) enabled to show highly sensitive and selective Ba2+ detection among alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations. With respect to the selective fluorescent detection of important metal cations (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) relevant to living organisms, was found to detect K+ with high selectivity in aqueous micellar solutions of polyoxyethylene(20) sorbitan monostearate (Tween-60). The selectivity for metal cations was mainly dependent on the goodness of fit of the host cavity and the metal cation size. In the presence of anionic surfactants, detected alkaline earth metal cations more effectively than alkali metal cations.     

香豆素/Betti碱主体合成及其对铷、钡离子的选择性响应(英文)

合成了一个新型香豆素/Betti碱主体化合物1,并对其进行了结构表征。在乙腈/水溶液中进行主体1和碱金属、碱土金属相关离子(Li+,Na+,K+,Rb+,Cs+,Be2+,Mg2+,Ca2+,Sr2+,Ba2+)的相互作用研究时,发现仅Rb+,Ba2+离子对主体1有敏感的紫外光谱及荧光光谱响应,而其它的碱金属、碱土金属离子无敏感性光响应。紫外光谱显示,Rb+,Ba2+离子使主体1产生明显的红移(ε=4.66×102L·(mol·cm)-1,Δ=91nm),肉眼可观察到明显的由浅黄向橙红色的颜色变化,并使主体1的荧光光谱发生一定程度的猝灭。     

Vibrational spectra of four alkaline earth cyclo-hexaphosphates

FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of four alkaline earth (Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba) cyclo-hexaphosphates have been recorded and analysed. FT-Raman spectra of the deuterated analogues of these compounds are used to clear the ambiguity regarding the OH vibrations in the low frequency region. The spectra reveal that the P6O18(6) anion ring in all compounds have independent PO4 tetrahedra present in it. The P-O(P)and P-O(M')(M'-Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba) bonds become stronger as the cation size decreases. The P6O18(6-) anion ring is distorted in the Mg and Ca compounds. In the Sr and Ba compounds, free and hydrogen bonded water molecules of varying strength are present, whereas in Mg and Ca compounds no free water molecules exist. The POP bridge angle of the Mg, Ca and Sr compounds are estimated using the correlations between the POP bridge stretching frequencies and the bridge angle value.     

Selective 226Ra2+ ionophores provided by self-assembly of guanosine and isoguanosine derivatives

The self-assembled guanosine (G 1)-based hexadecamers and isoguanosine (isoG 2)-based decamers are excellent 226Ra2+ selective ionophores even in the presence of excess alkali (Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+) and alkaline earth (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) cations over the pH range 3-11. G 1 requires additional picrate anions to provide a neutral assembly, whereas the isoG 2 assembly extracts 226Ra2+ cations without any such additives. Both G 1-picrate and isoG 2 assemblies show 226Ra2+ extraction even at a 0.35 x 10(6) fold excess of Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Mg2+, or Ca2+ (10(-2) M) to 226Ra2+ (2.9 x 10(-8) M) and at a 100-fold salt to ionophore excess. In the case of the G 1-picrate assembly, more competition was observed from Sr2+ and Ba2+, as extraction of 226Ra2+ ceased at an M2+/226Ra2+ ratio of 10(6) and 10(4), respectively. With the isoG 2 assembly, 226Ra2+ extraction also occurred at a Sr2+/226Ra2+ ratio of 10(6) but ceased at a 10(6) excess of Ba2+. The results clearly demonstrate the power of molecular self-assembly for the construction of highly selective ionophores.     

Homoleptic alkaline earth metal bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide complex compounds obtained from an ionic liquid

The first homoleptic alkaline earth bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Tf2N) complexes [mppyr]2[Ca(Tf2N)4], [mppyr]2[Sr(Tf2N)4], and [mppyr][Ba(Tf2N)3] were crystallized from a solution of the respective alkaline earth bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and the ionic liquid [mppyr][Tf2N] (mppyr = 1,1-N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium). In the calcium and strontium compounds, the alkaline earth metal (AE) is coordinated by four bidentately chelating Tf2N ligands to form isolated (distorted) square antiprismatic [AE(Tf2N)4]2- complexes which are separated by N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium cations. In contrast, the barium compound, [mppyr][Ba(Tf2N)3], forms an extended structure. Here the alkaline earth cation is surrounded by six oxygen atoms belonging to three Tf2N- anions which coordinate in a bidentate chelating fashion. Three further oxygen atoms of the same ligands are linking the Ba2+ cations to infinite (infinity)(1)[Ba(Tf2N)3] chains.     

Tripodal compound 1,1,1-tris(N-ethyl-N-phenylamino-carboxylmethoxymethyl) propane as an ionophore for alkali and alkaline earth metal cations-selective electrode

A new tripodal compound, 1,1,1-tris(N-ethyl-N-phenylamino-carboxylmethoxymethyl) propane, has been synthesized and evaluated as an ionophore in PVC membrane electrode for the analysis of alkali and alkaline earth metal cations. The influence of the nature of the plasticizers (o-NPOE, DBP and DOP) and of the amount of incorporated ionophore on the characteristics of the electrode was discussed. Selectivity coefficients against alkali and alkaline earth metal cations were calculated. The electrodes based on the tripodal compound with o-NPOE and DBP as plasticizer gave good performance (slope, limits of detection) to lithium and sodium ions. The electrode plasticized with o-NPOE also exhibited near-Nernstian response to divalent ions: Ca(2+), Sr(2+) and Ba(2+). The electrode prepared with 3.9 mg ionophore, 185 mg o-NPOE, 92 mg PVC and 0.46 mg KTpClPB can be used as a Ca(2+) electrode. The influence of pH has also been studied. The electrodes exhibited better potential stability and operational lifetime of more than 3 months.     

The importance of cerium substituted phosphates as cation exchanger-some unique properties and related application potentials

Seven different samples of an inorganic ion exchanger, cerium phosphate, suitable for column use have been prepared under varying conditions. The property of these exchangers has been characterized by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy. These exchangers are stable in water, dilute mineral acids, ethanol, methanol, acetone and ether. However, in concentrated HCl and HNO(3) they decompose. They retain about 50% of their exchange value after drying at 80 degrees C, and can be regenerated twice without any decrease in exchange capacity. The distribution coefficient measurements for alkaline earth metals, tellurium, iodine and molybdenum using these seven ion exchangers were studied. This revealed the relative affinity for each exchanger, where the sorption in general was most effective at pH 6-8. The titration curves of cerium phosphate (disodium) with alkaline earth metals showed that the selectivity sequence Ba(2+)>Sr(2+)>Ca(2+)>Mg(2+) is observed. Furthermore, it could be deduced that the adsorption of alkaline earth metal cations greatly depends on the cation. These studies have also shown that cerium phosphates with divalent ions are strongly preferred to monovalent ones. Therefore, as for the cerium phosphates with large monovalent ions, the lack of exchange for Ba(2+), Mg(2+) or other alkali earth metal ions should be essentially due to steric hindrance and this could include any one of the following: the large crystalline radius of metal ions or large hydrated ionic radius and high energy of hydration for other divalent ions. Three binary separations of Te(IV)-Mo(VI), Te(IV)-I(I) and Mo(VI)-I(I) has been developed and the recovery ranging from 90 to 100% has been achieved on cerium phosphate (disodium) columns.     

Molecular dynamics studies of nanoconfined water in clinoptilolite and heulandite zeolites

The complete periodic series of alkali and alkaline earth cation variants (Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Rb(+), Cs(+), Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Sr(2+), and Ba(2+)) of clinoptilolite (Si : Al=5) and heulandite (Si : Al=3.5) aluminosilicate zeolites are examined by large-scale molecular dynamics utilizing a flexible SPC water and aluminosilicate force field. Calculated hydration enthalpies, radial distribution functions, and ion coordination environments are used to describe the energetic and structural components of extra-framework species while power spectra are used to examine the intermolecular dynamics. These data are correlated to evaluate the impact of ion-zeolite, ion-water, and water-zeolite interactions on the behavior of nanoconfined water. Analysis of the correlated data clearly indicates that the charge density of extra-framework cations appears to have the greatest influence on librational motions, while the anionic charge of the framework (i.e. Si:Al ratios) has a lesser impact.     

Determination of trace alkaline earth metals in brines using chelation ion chromatography with an iminodiacetic acid bonded silica column

The chromatographic behaviour of alkaline earth metals on iminodiacetic acid bonded silica was studied. It was found that the ionic strength of the eluent greatly affected both retention time and selectivity by controlling the extent to which either simple ion exchange or surface complexation was responsible for retention. With a 0.1 M KNO3 eluent, the retention order was Mg(II), Sr(II), Ca(II) and Ba(II), indicating a strong contribution to retention from ion exchange. However, when using a 1.5 M KNO3 eluent, Ba(II) was found to elute first, indicating complexation to be more dominant under these conditions (pH 4.2). The effect of the ionic strength of the sample was also studied and it was found that by matching the eluent cation with that of the sample matrix, efficient separations of alkaline earth metals in 1.0 M NaCl and KCl brines could be obtained without matrix system peaks. Using post-column reaction with o-cresolphthalein complexone, trace levels of Ca(II) and Mg(II) were determined in medicinal NaCl saline solution and laboratory-grade KCl.     

Tetrakis(diisopropyl amide) substituted norbornadiene and quadricyclane are highly barium selective ligands

Tetrakis(diisopropyl amide) substituted norbornadiene and quadricyclane derivatives were investigated for their extraction and transport capabilities with alkaline earth metal cations. Both amides exhibited a remarkably high preference of Ba(2+) over any other alkali metal or alkaline earth cation. The binding geometries were determined by quantum chemical DFT calculations.     

碱金属和碱土金属促进的Ni/SiO2催化剂上甲烷的二氧化碳重整制合成气

Ni/SiO2 catalysts promoted by alkali metals K and Cs or alkaline earth metals Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba were prepared, characterized by H2-TPR and XRD, and used for the production of synthesis gas via methane reforming with CO2. Though K and Cs promoted Ni catalysts could eliminate coke deposition, the reforming activity of these promoted catalysts was decreased heavily. Mg and Ca promoted Ni/SiO2 catalysts exhibited excellent coke resistance ability with minor loss of the reforming activity of Ni/SiO2. Ba showed poor coke resistance ability and small amount of Sr increased the formation of coke. The possible mechanism of these promoters was discussed.     

Analogy of the coordination chemistry of alkaline earth metal and lanthanide Ln(2+) ions: the isostructural zoo of mixed metal cages [IM(OtBu)4{Li(thf)}4(OH)] (M=Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu), [MM'6(OPh)8(thf)6] (M=Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu, M'=Li, Na), and their derivatives with 1,2-dimethoxyethane

As previously shown, alkali and alkaline earth metal iodides in nonaqueous, aprotic solvents behave like transition metal halides, forming cis- and trans-dihalides with various neutral O-donor ligands. These compounds can be used as precursors for the synthesis of new mixed alkali/alkaline earth metal aggregates. We show here that Ln2+ ions form isostructural cluster compounds. Thus, with LiOtBu, 50% of the initial iodide can be replaced in MI2, M=Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu, to generate the mixed-metal alkoxide aggregates [IM(OtBu)4{Li(thf)}4(OH)], for which the M--OH contacts were investigated by theoretical methods. With M'OPh (M'=Li, Na), a new mixed-metal aryloxide cluster type [MM'6(OPh)8(thf)6] is obtained for M=Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu. Their stability versus DME (DME=1,2-dimethoxyethane) as bidentate ligand is studied.     

Interactions of nucleobases with alkali earth metal cations--electrospray ionization mass spectrometric study

Interactions of nucleobases with alkali earth metal cations have been studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Nucleobases containing at least one oxygen atom form stable complexes with alkali earth metal cations. This phenomenon can be explained on the grounds of the well known theory of hard and soft acids and bases. Uracil and thymine make complexes only when in their deprotonoted forms. The cations of great radii (Sr(2+), Ba(2+)) are more prone to form complexes of stoichiometry 1:1 with uracil and thymine than the cations of small radii (Mg(2+), Ca(2+)). On the other hand, Mg(2+) forms complexes of stoichiometry 2:1 and 3:2 with uracil and thymine. Gas-phase stabilities of the 1:1 complexes are higher for the cations of small radii, in contrast to the solution stabilities. For cytosine and 9- methylhypoxantine the 1:1 complexes of their deprotonated forms are observed at higher cone voltage as a result of HCl molecule loss from the complexes containing the counter ion (Cl(-)). In solution, more stable complexes are formed with metal cations of low radii. Gas-phase stability of the complexes formed by deprotonated 9- methyl-hypoxantine increases with increasing metal cation radius.     

Ultraviolet photodepletion spectroscopy of dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether complexes with alkaline Earth metal divalent cations

Ultraviolet photodepletion spectra of dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether complexes with alkaline earth metal divalent cations (A(2+)-DB18C6, A = Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg) were obtained in the gas phase using electrospray ionization quadrupole ion-trap reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Each spectrum exhibits the lowest energy absorption band in the wavenumber region of 35?400-37?800 cm(-1), which is tentatively assigned as the origin of the S(0)-S(1) transition of A(2+)-DB18C6. This origin band shows a red shift as the size of the metal dication increases from Mg(2+) to Ba(2+). The binding energies of the metal dications to DB18C6 at the S(0) state were calculated at the lowest energy structures optimized by the density functional theory and employed with the experimental energies of the origin bands to estimate the binding energies at the S(1) state. We suggest that the red shifts of the origin bands arise from the decrease in the binding energies of the metal dications at the S(1) state by nearly constant ratios with respect to the binding energies at the S(0) state, which decrease with increasing size of the metal dication. This unique relationship of the binding energies between the S(0) and S(1) states gives rise to a linear correlation between the relative shift of the origin band of A(2+)-DB18C6 and the binding energy of the metal dication at the S(0) state. The size effects of the metal cations on the properties of metal-DB18C6 complex ions are also manifested in the linear plot of the relative shift of the origin band as a function of the size to charge ratio of the metal cations, where the shifts of the origin bands for all DB18C6 complexes with alkali and alkaline earth metal cations are fit to the same line.     

Thin-layer chromatographic behavior and separation of alkaline earth metals on silica gel in aqueous sodium perchlorate solution

The thin-layer chromatographic behavior of alkaline earth metal ions (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) in aqueous sodium perchlorate solutions on silica gel thin-layers impregnated with sodium hydroxide has been surveyed as a function of salt concentration. At salt concentrations above 2 mol 1(-1), the selectivity of the metals increased with a decrease in the crystal ionic radii; with further increases in salt concentration, the selectivity differences among the metals expanded remarkably. In the present systems, it was supposed that the cation exchange, the surface complexation, and the salting-out effect participate simultaneously in the adsorption of the metals on silica gel. Typical chromatograms for the mutual separation of the alkaline earth metals are presented.