The synthesis of chloropropyl-functionalized silica hybrid monolithic column with modification of N,N-dimethyl-N-dodecylamine for capillary electrochromatography separation

A chloropropyl-functionalized silica (CP-silica) hybrid monolithic column was synthesized within the confines of a capillary via the sol–gel process using tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and (3-chloropropyl)-trimethoxysilane (CPTMS) as the precursors. The resulting CP-silica hybrid monolith inside the capillary showed homogeneous macroporous morphology and was well attached to the inner wall of the capillary. The obtained CP-silica hybrid monolithic capillary column demonstrated the inherent hydrophobic property and could be applied as a reversed-phase stationary phase in CEC directly. Due to the great chemical reactivity of the incorporated chloro groups on the hybrid silica monolithic matrix, the chloropropyl moieties on the surface of the hybrid silica monolith matrix could be conveniently further modified by a tertiary amine of N,N-dimethyl-N-dodecylamine (DMDA) via the nucleophilic substitution reaction at 70 °C to introduce a dodecyl groups (C12) onto the CP-silica hybrid monolithic matrix. The resulting C12-silica hybrid monolithic column not only demonstrated the significantly enhanced hydrophobic property in the separation of alkylbenzenes in reversed-phase capillary electrochromatography (RP-CEC), but also the strong electroosmotic flow (EOF) in a wide pH range. Five alkylbenzenes could be baseline separated in 3 min with column efficiency ranging from 189 700 to 221 000 N/m with a 70% ACN running buffer in CEC.     

Influence of the nature of the porous confining network on the sorption, diffusion and mechanical properties of hydrogel IPNs

Two series of amphiphilic hydrogels of various compositions were prepared by sequentially interpenetrating two polymer networks, a poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate) (PHEA) network inside either a macroporous matrix of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) or a macroporous poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA) network. In both cases poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate) (PHEA) served as network II, and the firstly formed porous network was a hydrophobic homonetwork, PMMA or PEA, that conferred mechanical strength to the hydrogel. In order to obtain hydrogels with high hydrophilic content, the first network was prepared in the presence of a solvent, thus yielding a macroporous network. The two families of IPNs thus obtained were: (net-PMMA)-ipn-(net-PHEA) and (net-PEA)-ipn-(net-PHEA), with a PHEA content ranging from 36% to 87% and from 64% to 94%, respectively. The novelty of the work consisted in comparing the effect of using as the first macroporous network a polymer which is glassy at room temperature (PMMA) and another of the same family (PEA) but which is in the rubber state at room temperature. Swelling studies showed that the specific equilibrium water content of PHEA falls from 1.6 for pure (unconfined) PHEA to values that range from 0.4 to 1, for the (net-PMMA)-ipn-(net-PHEA), whereas in the second IPNs family, the equilibrium water uptake of PHEA phase is, at least, the same as that of the pure PHEA (in some cases it is greater). This means that the expansion of the PHEA phase is not restricted by the confining hydrophobic component when this last is in the rubber state at room temperature. Whereas for the first IPNs the mechanical properties significantly increased (storage modulus at 37 °C from 0.25 to 2.5 GPa) compared with those of pure PHEA (25.12 MPa), little if any reinforcing effect was observed in the second type of IPNs. This is due to the fact that the glass transition of the PEA network takes place at a lower temperature than that of PHEA, so both components are in the rubbery state at room temperature. Both series behave differently also in dynamic water sorption experiments: the rigid PMMA network hinders the diffusion of water, yielding lower values of the apparent diffusion coefficients. By contrast, with the PEA polymer as network I this diffusion is similar to that of the pure PHEA homonetwork.     

Amino Acid Based Low‐Molecular‐Weight Ionogels as Efficient Dye‐Adsorbing Agents and Templates for the Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles

The gelation of ionic liquids is attracting significant attention because of its large spectrum of applications across different disciplines. These ‘green solvents’ have been the solution to a number of common problems due to their eco‐friendly features. To expand their applications, the gelation of ionic liquids has been achieved by using amino acid‐based low‐molecular‐weight compounds. Variation of individual segments in the molecular skeleton of the gelators, which comprise the amino acid and the protecting groups at the N and C termini, led to an understanding of the structure–property correlation of the ionogelation process. An aromatic ring containing amino acid‐based molecules protected with a phenyl or cyclohexyl group at the N terminus were efficient in the gelation of ionic liquids. In the case of aliphatic amino acids, gelation was more prominent with a phenyl group as the N‐terminal protecting agent. The probable factors responsible for this supramolecular association of the gelators in ionic liquids have been studied with the help of field‐emission SEM, ¹H NMR, FTIR, and luminescence studies. It is the hydrophilic–lipophilic balance that needs to be optimized for a molecule to induce gelation of the green solvents. Interestingly, to maximize the benefits from using these green solvents, these ionogels have been employed as templates for the synthesis of uniform‐sized TiO₂ nanoparticles (25–30 nm). Furthermore, as a complement to their applications, ionogels serve as efficient adsorbents of both cationic and anionic dyes and were distinctly better relative to their organogel counterparts.     

Hypergolic N,N‐Dimethylhydrazinium Ionic Liquids

N,N‐Dimethylhydrazinium dicyanamide and nitrocyanamide ionic liquids (ILs) were prepared by quaterization of N,N‐dimethylhydrazine with alkyl halides followed by metathesis reactions with silver dicyanamide or silver nitrocyanamide. The key physicochemical properties, such as melting point and decomposition temperatures, density, viscosity, heat of formation, detonation pressure and velocity, and specific impulse were measured/calculated. The impact of anions and alkyl‐substituted cations on these properties is demonstrated. Droplet tests with white‐fuming nitric acid (WFNA) as an oxidizer were utilized to show that the 14 new N,N‐dimethylhydrazinium salts are hypergolic with ignition delay (ID) times ranging from 22 to 1642 ms, thereby suggesting that some may have potential as bipropellants.     

Synthesis,Structure and Magnetic Phase Transitions of the Manganese Succinate Hybrid Framework,Mn(C4H4O4)

An anhydrous manganese succinate, Mn(C₄H₄O₄), has been synthesised hydrothermally and studied by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. It adopts a succinate pillared structure in which layers of corner‐sharing MnO₆ octahedra alternate with sheets that contain chains of edge‐sharing octahedra. This unique 3D framework structure contains highly distorted MnO₆ octahedra, which are made possible by the lack of ligand field stabilisation energy for the high‐spin Mn²⁺ ion. Attempts to dope the structure with other divalent transition‐metal ions were accordingly unsuccessful. Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements indicate that Mn(C₄H₄O₄) undergoes antiferromagnetic ordering below 12 K, with a second antiferromagnetic transition at approximately 6 K. These two antiferromagnetic phases undergo further transitions in applied fields, underlining the subtle magnetic behaviour that is possible in inorganic–organic frameworks of this structural complexity.     

Self‐Assembly and Structural Evolvement of Polyoxometalate‐Anchored Dendron Complexes

A cationic dendritic molecule that has alkyl chains has been synthesized and employed to encapsulate anionic polyoxometalates through electrostatic interactions. The prepared surfactant‐encapsulated polyoxometalate (SEP) complexes were used as building blocks to fabricate self‐assemblies in solution and the solid state. Monodispersion, lamellar, and columnar assemblies of SEP complexes have been characterized in detail. With increasing the number of peripheral cationic dendrons on inorganic clusters, the SEPs undergo changes from globular assemblies to monodispersions in solution and from lamellar assemblies to hexagonal columnar structures in the solid state, depending on the amounts of cationic dendrons in the complexes. The structural evolvement was simulated through consideration of the size and shape of the cationic dendron and polyanionic clusters, and the experimental results are in good agreement with the interpretation of the simulations. The present research demonstrates a new kind of dendritic complex and provides a route for controlling their assembling states by simply alternating the number of cationic dendrons in the complexes.     

负载型二乙酰氧碘苯与功能离子液体协同氧化醇为醛酮

将聚苯乙烯树脂(PS)先碘化再乙酰基化,制得了负载型二乙酰氧碘苯(PS-DIB)作为氧化剂。2,2,6,6-四甲基-N-氧自由基哌啶醇(TeMPO)与1,4-二溴丁烷反应生成4-溴丁氧基-2,2,6,6-四甲基-哌啶-1-氧化物,再与N-甲基咪唑发生季铵化反应,生成的溴化季铵盐与四氟硼酸钠进行离子交换制得氟硼酸型2,2,6,6-四甲基-N-氧自由基哌啶负载离子液体(TeMPO-IL)。室温下,以离子液体1-甲基-3-丁基咪唑四氟硼酸盐([bmim]BF4)为溶剂,PS-DIB为氧化剂,TeMPO-IL为催化剂,选择性协同氧化各种醇为相应的醛或酮。在实验条件范围内未检测到羧酸副产物。氧化剂、催化剂和溶剂均可循环使用,在苯甲醇的氧化中,循环使用5次,反应的转化率和收率均保持基本不变。     

Sensitive and Simple Electrochemical Detection of Lead(II) with Carbon Ionic Liquid Electrode

In this paper a carbon ionic liquid electrode (CILE) was fabricated by using ionic liquid 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium ethylsulphate ([EMIM]EtOSO₃) as the modifier and further used as the working electrode for the sensitive anodic stripping voltammetric detection of Pb²⁺. The characteristics of the CILE were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). In pH 4.5 NaAc‐HAc buffer Pb²⁺ was accumulated on the surface of CILE due to the extraction effect of IL and reduced at a negative potential (‐1.20 V). Then the reduced Pb was oxidized by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry with an obvious stripping peak appeared at ?0.67 V. Under the optimal conditions Pb²⁺ could be detected in the concentration range from 1.0 × 10^?8 mol/L to 1.0 × 10^?6 mol/L with the linear regression equation as I_p(μA) = ?0.103 C (μmol/L) + 0.0376 (γ = 0.999) and the detection limit as 3.0 × l0^?9 mol/L (3σ). Interferences from other metal ions were investigated and Cd²⁺ could be simultaneously detected in the mixture solution. The proposed method was further applied to the trace levels of Pb²⁺ detection in water samples with satisfactory results.     

A New Supramolecular Compound Based on Cd（II）-Schiff-base and Keggin-type [PMo_（12）O_（40）]~3

A new supramolecular compound, {[Cd(L)2]2[PMo12O40NO3]·CH3CN·2H2O}n 1 (L is 1,4-bis(4-imidazolyl)-2,3-diaza-1,3-butadiene), based on Cd(II)-Schiff-base and Keggin- type [PMo12O40]3- was synthesized via self-assembly and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal is of triclinic, space group P1 with a = 12.0128(11), b = 13.6196(13), c = 13.9995(13) , α = 103.868(2), β = 95.225(2), γ = 101.024(2)°, V = 2160.0(3) 3, Z = 1, C34H39N26O45Cd2Mo12P, Mr = 2938.96, Dc = 2.259 g/cm3, μ = 2.276 mm-1, F(000) = 1400, the final R = 0.0565 and wR = 0.1613 for 4973 observed reflections with I 2σ(I). The crystal structure can be described by the packing of Keggin anionic and Metal-Schiff-base cationic layers.