Sorption of textile dyes on β-cyclodextrin-epichlorhydrin gels

-Cyclodextrin (CD), hydroxypropyl -cyclodextrin (HPCD), poly(vinylalcohol) (PVOH) have been reacted with epichlorhydrin yielding different gels. The sorption capacity of the gels has been tested with acid, direct, mordant and reactive textile dyes as substrates, by the batch method. CD gels were more efficient than HPCD gels. No correlation has been observed between the performances of the CD gels and their respective crosslinking degree. The influence of pH is rather low whilst that of ionic strength is prominent on the sorption rate. The addition of anionic surfactants have either positive (CPA) or negative (SDS) effect on adsorption. The mechanism of sorption of dyes on gels could be physical adsorption in the polymer network and /or a host-guest inclusion complex formation     

Sorption–desorption studies of six pyrethroids and mirex on soils using GC/MS-NICI

Sorption–desorption equilibria of six pyrethroids (permethrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, λ-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin and fenvalerate) and mirex were determined in soils possessing a range of organic content (1.15–2.46%). Solutions (in deionized water, pH 6.5–7.4) of the samples were shaken using a mechanical shaker for 24?h. The suspensions were centrifuged and aliquots of clear supernatant were passed through a C-18 column (SPE extraction). The eluates were concentrated to dryness before a volumetric standard was added. The analytes were determined by gas chromatography with negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC/MS-NICI) either in SIR or SCN mode. Sorption isotherm parameters (n and k) were calculated according to the Freundlich equation. The values of n are around unity. Permethrin and cyfluthrin were the least sorbed pyrethroids, k<2, mirex and fenvalerate the most. The effect of the pH on sorption was examined also (at pH values 2, 4, 6 and 9). Sorption behaviour on different soils and silica was also examined. Desorption studies were conducted on the same pyrethroid solutions. After sorption, the supernatant was replaced with a similar volume of deionized water. Desorption was achieved by removing all the supernatant from the centrifuged samples and then replacing it with deionized water. This equilibration process was repeated five times. Each time the suspension was centrifuged, concentrated and analyzed using GC/MS analysis. The residual amount of pyrethroid on the soil was calculated as the difference between the initial amount and the desorbed amount (mass balance).     

Comparative studies on molecular induced aggregation of hepta-imidazoliumyl-β-cyclodextrin towards anionic surfactants

A β-cyclodextrin derivative bearing seven cationic arms and its singly charged analogue, i.e., per-6-deoxy-6-(1-methylimidazol-3-ium-3-yl)-β-cyclodextrin(3) and mono-6-deoxy-6-(1-methylimidazol-3-ium-3-yl)-β-cyclodextrin(4) were synthesized and fully characterized. Their induced aggregation behaviours towards two anionic surfactant, that is, sodium dodecyl sulfonate(SDS) and dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate(Aerosol OT, AOT), were investigated by UV–vis, NMR, Zeta-potential, dynamic light scattering(DLS), and transmission electron microscopy. The results revealed that host 3 can induce the molecular aggregation of anionic surfactant at concentration far lower than its original CAC, leading to the larger diameter, the narrower size distribution and the higher thermal stability of the induced aggregate towards the anionic surfactant possessing more hydrophobic tails.     

Gas chromatographic separation of hydrogen isotopes on columns packed with alumina,modified alumina and sol–gel alumina

The stationary phase of alumina adsorbents, prepared by different chemical processes, was used to study the separation behaviour of hydrogen isotopes. Three types of alumina, obtained by conventional hydroxide route alumina coated with silicon oxide and alumina prepared by internal gelation process (IGP), were used as packing material to study the separation of HT and T₂ in a mixture at various temperatures. The conventional alumina and silicon oxide coated alumina resolved HT and T₂ at 77 K temperature with different retention times. The retention times on SiO₂ coated columns were found to be higher than those of other adsorbents. However, the column filled with IGP alumina was found to be ideal for the separation of HT and T₂ at 240 K. The peaks were well resolved in less than 5 min on this column.     

Hydrogen sorption–desorption studies on ZrCo–hydrogen system

The ZrCo–H₂ system was investigated in this study owing to its importance as a suitable candidate material for storage, supply, and recovery of hydrogen isotopes. Desorption hydrogen pressure-composition isotherms were generated at six different temperatures in the range of 524–624 K. A van’t Hoff plot was constructed using the plateau pressure data of each pressure-composition isotherms and the thermodynamic parameters were calculated for the hydrogen desorption reaction of ZrCo hydride. The enthalpy and entropy change for the desorption of hydrogen were found to be 83.7 ± 3.9 kJ mol^?1 H₂ and 122 ± 4 J mol^?1 H₂ K^?1, respectively. Hydrogen absorption kinetics of ZrCo–H₂ system was studied at four different temperatures in the range of 544–603 K and the activation energy for the absorption of hydrogen by ZrCo was found to be 120 ± 5 kJ mol^?1 H₂ by fitting kinetic data into suitable kinetic model equation.     

The Sorption of Radionuclides on Clay Minerals—the Components of Engineering Safety Barriers

Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin - The sorption properties of various clay minerals and materials based on them in relation to Cs(I), Sr(II), U(VI), Eu(III), and Pu(IV,V,VI) are compared. To...     

Influence of some organic acids on the adsorption of PdX42? complexes on alumina

Results are presented concerning the role of oxalic acid, salicylic acid and glycine as coimpregnation ingredients in preparation of Pd/Al₂O₃ catalysts from PdCl ₄ ^2– and PdBr ₄ ^2– solutions.

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Sorption properties of oxides—VII: Reversibility of cation exchange on hydrous thorium oxide

Li⁺Ca²⁺, Na⁺Ca²⁺, K⁺Ca²⁺ and NH₄⁺Ca²⁺ exchanges at 0.01 M OH⁻ concentration and Co²⁺Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺Cu²⁺ exchanges from neutral solutions on hydrous thorium oxide were studied at room temperature. Except NH₄⁺Ca²⁺ exchange, all other exchanges investigated were non-reversible. Results indicate that specific chemical interactions play an important role during the exchange and/or sorption process.     

Ab initio studies on the pyrolysis mechanism of 2-haloacetic acids in the gas phase

The dehydrohalogenation mechanism of 2-haloacetic acids (XCH2CO2H, X=F, Cl and Br) has been studied theoretically by HF/3-21G and AM1 methods. The results indicate that these reactions are most probably proceeded in terms of a polar five-membered cyclic transition state in the gas phase. Their microscopic processes are beleived to be a stepwise reaction and the rate-determining step is the first one. By comparing the energy barriers of different 2-haloacetic acids, it can be realized that 2-fluoroacetic acid is easier to react than 2-chloroacetic and 2-bromoacetic acids.     

The action of lipophilic UV absorbers — solubilized by cyclodextrin — on photofading of aqueous solution of azoreactive dyes

Two representatives of water-insoluble UV absorbers ( 3-(4-methylbenzilidene)camphor and 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenon ), different in their chemical structure, could be solubilized by two pairs of studied CDs (BCD, GCD, RAMEB, AcGCD). The substituted CD entities were markedly more effective solubilizers than the unsubstituted ones. The rate of photofading of an aqueous azoreactive dye solution was significantly increased in the presence of the substituted CDs. Mixing UV absorbers, solubilized by the mentioned CDs, to the aqueous dye solution marked deceleration in photofading could be achieved.     

Effects of Template Contents on the Physicochemical Sorption Properties of Zr—Incorporated Mesoporous Titania Materials

Zr-Incorporated mesoporous titania materials were prepared via nonsurfactant templated sol-gel process of zirconium(IV) butoxide(ZBT) and titanium(IV) butoxide(TBT) in the presence of urea molecules as template or pore forming agent.The effcets of template contents on the pore parameters of the materials synthesized with fixed Zr incorporation contents were investigated by mitrogen adsorption-desrption measurements,powder X-ray diffraction(XRD) study and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The changes of template contents play significant roles on the pore parameters at low incorporsation content of Zr.The pore diameters display a clear increase tendency with the increase of template contents.When high Zr incorporation content is used,the template contents have less effect on the pore diameters that almost keep unchanged with the increase of template contents.All the materials possess type IV isotherms with H2 hysteresis loops suggesting the formation of mesophase.The materials with low Zr incorporation content have anatase structures；however,it can not be found in the materials with high Zr incorporation content.TEM images show that some accumulated inter-particulate pores and welldistributed worm-like pores are present in the Zr-incorporated materials.     

Adsorption — desorption kinetics on epitaxially oriented palladium clusters

Palladium clusters with a low size dispersion and a single crystallographic shape have been obtained by epitaxial growth on (100) MgO. The isothermal adsorption — desorption kinetics of CO is obtained by a molecular beam method allowing the direct determination of the global adsorption probability and of the mean life time of CO molecules on the clusters. Three main results are deduced from these measurements: — an increase of the adsorption rate of CO on the clusters by the capture of CO molecules physisorbed on the substrate, — a faster desorption rate from (100) than from (111) facets at high coverage, — an increase of the adsorption energy for clusters smaller than 3 nm.     

Counterion and solvent effects on the anionic polymerization of β-butyrolactone initiated with acetic acid salts

The comparative studies on the anionic polymerization of β-butyrolactone (BL) initiated with various salts of acetic acid have revealed strong sensitivity of the reaction rate on solvent polarity (benzene, THF, DMSO) and size of counterion. It was found that the polymerization rate in THF depends on the size of counterion and the type of macrocyclic ligand; it decreases in the following order: K⁺/Kryptofix® 222 ≈TBA⁺ > K⁺/18C6 > Na⁺/18C6 > Na⁺/15C5 > K⁺. It was also shown that the anionic polymerization of BL initiated with carboxylic acid salts depends strongly on the solvent polarity. In the polymerization initiated by acetate anions with a large counterion, the high-polar solvent as DMSO affects unfavorably the reaction rate, however, when a small counterion is applied, the opposite tendency is observed.     

Theoretical studies on intratriplex DNA with 5-bromocytosine

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Structural and photophysical studies of triphenylamine-based nonlinear optical dyes: effects of π-linker moieties on the D-π-A structure

In this work, a series of eight metal-free organic dyes based on triphenylamine as a donor and cyanoacetic acid as an acceptor of electrons with the donor-π-acceptor structure were studied by DFT and TD-DFT methods. Their electronic properties, absorption spectra, and molecular nonlinear optical (NLO) responses have been analyzed and reported. The influence of the change of π-conjugated linker on the electrochemical and photophysical properties of these metal-free organic dyes has been investigated and discussed in detail. The energy gap decreases by going from L1 to L8, which causes a large NLO response for the studied dyes. The natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis reveals that the separation of charge occurred upon photoexcitation and the electrons moved from the donor to the acceptor moiety. A high NLO response reveals that this kind of metal-free organic dyes has eye-catching and remarkably large first hyperpolarizability β_tot values, especially for L7 ((E)-2-cyano-3-(3-((E)-2-(3-((E)-4-(diphenylamino)styryl)benzo[c]thiophen-1-yl)vinyl)benzo [c]thiophen-1-yl)acrylic acid) and L8 ((E)-2-cyano-3-(7-((E)-2-(7-((E)-4-(diphenylamino)styryl)thieno[3,4-b]pyrazin-5-yl)vinyl)thieno[3,4-b]pyrazin-5-yl)acrylic acid) with 150423.50 (a.u) and 202773.63 (a.u), respectively. Our research has been carried out to extend the conjugation of organic materials by controlling their π-conjugated linker to design new appealing NLO compounds. This study shows that these dyes are promising and have special properties for modern hi-tech applications such as solar cells, transistors, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and even these properties can be adjusted and enhanced by the incorporation of the benzothiophene or thienopyrazine derivatives as a bridge so as to improve from L7 to L8.     

Synthesis and structural studies of homooligomers of geminally disubstituted β(2,2)-amino acids with carbohydrate side chain

A new class of geminally disubstituted C-linked carbo-β(2,2)-amino acids (β(2,2)-Caa) were prepared from d-glucose. The structures of homooligomeric di-, tetra-, and hexapeptides prepared from (S)-β(2,2)-Caa were studied with NMR (in CDCl(3)), CD, and Molecular Dynamics calculations. These β(2,2)-peptides have shown the presence of stable 6-membered (6-mr) NH(i)···CO(i) intra-residue H-bonded (C(6)) strands. It was found that the strand structures realized in these systems were additionally stabilized by the electrostatic interaction arising due to the proximity of amide proton (NH(i)) to the oxygen of the preceding methoxy group (O(Me)(i-1)) at the C3 carbon of the carbohydrate ring. The new β(2,2)-Caa residues with additional support to H-bonding considerably expand the domain of foldamers.     

NMR and molecular modelling studies on the interaction of fluconazole with β-cyclodextrin

Background  

Fluconazole (FLZ) is a synthetic, bistriazole antifungal agent, effective in treating superficial and systemic infections caused by Candida species. Major challenges in formulating this drug for clinical applications include solubility enhancement and improving stability in biological systems. Cyclodextrins (CDs) are chiral, truncated cone shaped macrocyles, and can easily encapsulate fluconazole inside their hydrophobic cavity. NMR spectroscopy has been recognized as an important tool for the interaction study of cyclodextrin and pharmaceutical compounds in solution state.     

Inclusion of (aminostyryl)-1-methylpyridinium dyes byβ-cyclodextrin and its use for fluorescent-probe studies on association of cationic and neutral molecules withβ-cyclodextrin

An inclusion complex between TRIMEB and (S)-naproxen has been crystallised and characterised by physicochemical methods including X-ray analysis. The complex crystallises in the orthorhombic crystal system, space groupP2₁2₁2₁, witha=15.179(4),b=21.407(5),c=27.67(1) Å andZ=4. The structure was solved using published coordinates for the skeleton atoms of TRIMEB in an isomorphous complex. Refinement by full-matrix least-squares analysis yieldedR=0.0571 for 6573 unique observed reflections. Hydrophobic forces are responsible for the inclusion of the drug, which has its methoxy group buried in the cavity of the host and its propionic acid moiety protruding from the O(2), O(3) side of the TRIMEB molecule. Both host and guest undergo conformational changes on complexation relative to their conformations observed in the TRIMEB monohydrate and naproxen crystal structures respectively. Complex units pack in a screw-channel mode in a head-to-tail fashion with their axes almost parallel to theb-axis.