Irreversible Amide‐Linked Covalent Organic Framework for Selective and Ultrafast Gold Recovery

Design of stable adsorbents for selective gold recovery with large capacity and fast adsorption kinetics is of great challenge, but significant for the economy and the environment. Herein, we show the design and preparation of an irreversible amide‐linked covalent organic framework (COF) JNU‐1 via a building block exchange strategy for efficient recovery of gold. JNU‐1 was synthesized through the exchange of 4,4′‐biphenyldicarboxaldehyde (BA) in mother COF TzBA consisting of 4,4′,4′′‐(1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4,6‐triyl)trianiline (Tz) and BA with terephthaloyl chloride. The irreversible amide linked JNU‐1 gave good stability, unprecedented fast kinetics, excellent selectivity and outstanding adsorption capacity for gold recovery. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy along with thermodynamic study and quantum mechanics calculation reveals that the excellent performance of JNU‐1 for gold recovery results from the formation of hydrogen bonds C(N)?H???Cl and coordinate interaction of O and Au. The rational design of irreversible bonds as both inherent linkage and functional groups in COFs is a promising way to prepare stable COFs for diverse applications.     

Irreversible Amide-Linked Covalent Organic Framework for Selective and Ultrafast Gold Recovery

Design of stable adsorbents for selective gold recovery with large capacity and fast adsorption kinetics is of great challenge, but significant for the economy and the environment. Herein, we show the design and preparation of an irreversible amide-linked covalent organic framework (COF) JNU-1 via a building block exchange strategy for efficient recovery of gold. JNU-1 was synthesized through the exchange of 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxaldehyde (BA) in mother COF TzBA consisting of 4,4′,4′′-(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyl)trianiline (Tz) and BA with terephthaloyl chloride. The irreversible amide linked JNU-1 gave good stability, unprecedented fast kinetics, excellent selectivity and outstanding adsorption capacity for gold recovery. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy along with thermodynamic study and quantum mechanics calculation reveals that the excellent performance of JNU-1 for gold recovery results from the formation of hydrogen bonds C(N)−H⋅⋅⋅Cl and coordinate interaction of O and Au. The rational design of irreversible bonds as both inherent linkage and functional groups in COFs is a promising way to prepare stable COFs for diverse applications.     

Assembly of Three Scandium-containing Heteropolytungstates Based on a Building-block Synthetic Strategy

Three novel scandium-containing heteropolytungstates[Sc₃(H₂O)₃NO₃(PW₉O₃₄)₂]^10-(1a),[Sc₈(H₂O)₂(GeW₉O₃₄)₂(GeW₆O₂₆)₂]^12-(2a) and[Sc₁₁(W₆O₁₀)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₁₆(BiW₉O₃₃)₆]^27-(3a) were synthesized by reactions of Sc^III ions with trilacunary Keggin precursors,[A-α-XW₉O₃₄]^n-(X=P, Ge, n=9, 10) or[B-α-BiW₉O₃₃]^9-, in NaOAc/HOAc buffer solution under conventional synthetic condition, respectively. All the three compounds were characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier transform-infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis) spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis. The aqueous solution stability of the sandwich polyanion[Sc₃(H₂O)₃NO₃(PW₉O₃₄)₂]^10- was also verified by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(ESI-MS) due to its good solubility in water.