Organic Ion Exchangers. Synthesis and Their Behaviour in the Retention of Some Metal Ions

Summary: Three pyridine strong base anion exchangers as beads were obtained by quaternization reactions of a 4-vinylpyridine : 8% divinylbenzene copolymer of gel type. These resins possess methyl / ethyl / butyl radicals as substituents on N⁺ atoms and have exchange capacities of 4.80 mEq/g and 2.10 mEq/mL. For pyridine strong base anion exchangers, the behaviours in the retention processes of Cr(VI) as oxyanions and Ga(III) as [GaCl₄]⁻ complex anion were evaluated with the bath method. All the resins exhibited retention properties, but the retained amounts of the metal cations are different as a function of the alkyl length as substituent on N⁺ atoms and the complex anion nature. Thus, Cr(VI) oxyanions are best retained by the resin with  CH₃ as substituent on N⁺ atoms while [GaCl₄]⁻ complex anion by the resin with  C₄H₉ as substituent on N⁺ atoms. By aminolysis reaction of an ethylacrylate : acrylonitrile : divinylbenzene copolymer as beads of macroporous type with NH₂OH · HCl in the presence of C₂H₅OH a new chelating ion exchanger was performed which contains both amidoxime and hydroxamic acid functional groups. This ion exchanger has the retention property for different metal cations but its retention capacities values are strongly dependent of the nature of metal cation and the counterion as well as pH of the solution. Thus, in the static conditions Zn(II) cation with NOequation/tex2gif-stack-1.gif anion as counterion is retained with the best result at pH = 5. As an example, for the aqueous metal cation solution of 10⁻² M concentration for Zn(NO₃)₂ the resin possess at equilibrium a retention capacity of 6.70 mmol Zn/g dry resin and for Cu(II) from Cu(NO₃)₂ solution of same concentration, the retention capacity is 0.22 mmol Cu/g dry resin and Fe(III) from Fe(NO₃)₃ solution is not retained.     

Block and asynchronous two-stage methods for mildly nonlinear systems

Block parallel iterative methods for the solution of mildly nonlinear systems of equations of the form are studied. Two-stage methods, where the solution of each block is approximated by an inner iteration, are treated. Both synchronous and asynchronous versions are analyzed, and both pointwise and blockwise convergence theorems provided. The case where there are overlapping blocks is also considered. The analysis of the asynchronous method when applied to linear systems includes cases not treated before in the literature. Received June 5, 1997 / Revised version received December 29, 1997     

Fuzzy sets and join spaces associated with rough sets

Let μ _X be the rough membership function. One compares μ _A with μ_A∪B and μ_A∪B, by the associated hyperoperations. One finds a condition such that a functionμ ε [0, 1] ^H may be a rough membership function.     

Transition metal complexes with thiosemicarbazide‐based ligands. XLIV. Aqua(3‐hydroxy‐5‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐methylpyridine‐4‐carboxaldehyde 3‐­methylisothiosemicarbazone‐κ3O,N1,N4)nitratocopper(II) nitrate

The title complex, [Cu(NO₃)(C₁₀H₁₄N₄O₂S)(H₂O)](NO₃), is the first metal complex with a Schiff base derived from iso­thio­semicarbazide and pyridoxal (pyridoxal is 3‐hydroxy‐5‐­hydroxy­methyl‐2‐methyl­pyridine‐4‐carbox­aldehyde). The Cu^II environment is a square pyramid, the equatorial plane of which is formed by the tridentate ONN‐coordinated iso­thio­semicarbazone and one water mol­ecule, while the nitrate ligand is in the apical position. The existence of numerous strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds, and weak C—H?O and C—H?π interactions, leads to a three‐dimensional supramolecular structure.     

Influence of light absorption during recording on the characteristics of volume phase transmission gratings

The dependence of diffraction efficiency behaviour on absorption during recording is investigated, assuming that on reconstruction the grating is purely a phase one. This behaviour is described using the multiwave coupled-wave approach. The cases of both sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal recording are investigated, taking into account the photo-induced change in the refractive index depending on the energy.     

Monoclinic and triclinic polymorphs of 2-{5,5-dimethyl-3-[2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)vinyl]cyclohex-2-enylidene}malononitrile-solid-state linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy, DFT calculations and vibrational analysis

The linear-dichroic infrared (IR-LD) spectroscopy of oriented solid samples as suspension in nematic liquid crystal have been carried out for experimental IR-band assignment and structural information of 2-{5,5-dimethyl-3-[2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)vinyl]cyclohex-2-enylidene} malononitrile polymorphs. The last data have been compared with known crystallographic ones, thus determining the validity of IR-LD spectral conclusions as well as its possibility to determination of Davydov's splitting effect and separation of pairs of maxima corresponding to non-equivalent molecules included in the unit cell of given compound. The experimental structural and spectroscopic data in our case are supported with theoretical DFT ones, obtaining both the electronic structure and vibrational frequencies in gas phase.     

Spectroscopic and structural elucidation of merocyanine dye 2,5-[1-metyl-4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethenyl)]piridinium]-hexane tetraphenylborate aggregation processes

Structural and spectroscopic elucidation of merocyanine dye, 2,5-[1-metyl-4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethenyl)]piridinium]-hexane tetraphenylborate, is performed in gas and condense phase by means of solution and solid-state conventional and linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy of oriented colloids in nematic liquid crystal suspension, UV-vis and fluorescence methods, HPLC MS/MS tandem and ESI mass spectrometry, (1)H, (13)C and (1)H-(1)H COSY NMR, TGV and DSC methods. Quantum chemical DFT calculations are performed for structural optimization and spectroscopic properties prediction.     

Non-isothermal kinetics of degradation of ultra-high molecular mass polyethene composite materials

In the present work, the Coats-Redfern method was used to determine the kinetic parameters and the possible reaction mechanism of the thermal degradation of ultra-high molecular mass polyethene and its composites with fiber monocrystals in static air at three different heating rates − 6, 10 and 16 K min⁻¹. The analysis of the results obtained showed that the thermal degradation process of pure ultra-high molecular mass polyethene corresponded to a diffusion controlled reaction (three-dimentional diffusion, mechanism D₃), while its composites with fiber monocrystals degraded by two concurrent mechanisms (diffusion one D₃ and A₁,F₁ mechanism). The fiber monocrystals used increased the thermal stability of the composite materials obtained. The values of the activation energy, frequency factor, the changes of entropy, enthalpy and Gibbs energy for the active complex of the composites were calculated.