ISMSC 2007 - Università degli Studi di Pavia
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PSB 57<br />
Removal of heavy metal ions from waste waters by molecular recognition<br />
technology<br />
Giuseppe Arena a , Elisa Longo a , Carmelo Sgarlata a , Richard A. Bartsch b , Dongmei Zhang b and<br />
Yanfei Yang b<br />
a<br />
Dipartimento <strong>di</strong> Scienze Chimiche, <strong>Università</strong> <strong>di</strong> Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy<br />
b<br />
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1061,<br />
USA<br />
Selective transport of metal ions through polymeric inclusion membranes (PIM), containing<br />
macrocyclic receptors, is an environmentally friendly and cost-effective technology for the<br />
removal of metal ions and pollutants from waste waters [1]. In this work, some calix[4]arene<br />
receptors, blocked in the cone conformation and functionalized with two N-(X)sulfonyl<br />
carboxamide groups on the lower rim, are proposed as carriers to be incorporated into PIMs.<br />
Preliminary stu<strong>di</strong>es of the complexing properties for related ligands, based on solvent extraction<br />
experiments, in<strong>di</strong>cated a high complexation efficiency towards some heavy metal cations, such<br />
as Pb 2+ , Cd 2+ and Hg 2+ [2]. To obtain a better understan<strong>di</strong>ng of the complexing features of these<br />
systems, we have carried out a thermodynamic investigation by means of UV-Vis<br />
spectrophotometric titrations in acetonitrile. The data analysis, performed by a multivariate and<br />
multiwavelength treatment of the data, has allowed us to determine the complex species formed<br />
in solution, as well as their stability constants. The carriers with the best efficiency and<br />
selectivity have been incorporated into PIMs and employed as tools for the removal of target<br />
ions from an aqueous source phase into an aqueous receiving phase. Experiments have been<br />
conducted for i. solutions containing single cations species (to measure the transport efficiency<br />
of the incorporated ligands towards each metal ion) and ii. mixtures of metals ions (to evaluate<br />
the selectivity of the carriers towards the target ions). The UV-Vis and transport experiments<br />
were carried out with and without ionic strength adjustment to probe its effects on the<br />
complexing properties and transport efficiency of the investigated systems.<br />
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CH2C(O)NHSO2Ph CH 2C(O)NHSO 2C 6H 4-4-NO 2<br />
[1] G. Arena, A. Contino, A. Magrì, D. Sciotto and J. D. Lamb, Supramol. Chem., 1998, 10, 5-<br />
15.<br />
[2] G. G. Talanova, H. S. Hwang, V. S. Talanov and R. A. Bartsch, Chem. Commun., 1998, 419-<br />
420; G. G. Talanova, H. S. Hwang, V. S. Talanov and R. A. Bartsch, Chem. Commun., 1998,<br />
1329-1330.<br />
PSB 58<br />
Synthesis, metal ion complexation and polymric membrane ion-selective<br />
electrode stu<strong>di</strong>es of some novel calix[4]arene-crown macrocycles<br />
M. Shamsipur a , M. Tagh<strong>di</strong>ri b , M. K. Rofouei b , S. Sahari a , K. Alizadeh a , Z. Asfari c , M. Leroy c<br />
a Department of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran<br />
b Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran<br />
c Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, UMR 7178 ULP/CNRS/IN 2P3 (LC4) ECPM, 25 rue<br />
Becquerel, F-67087, Strasburg Cedex, France<br />
Five novel calix[4]arene-crown macrocycles L1-L5 (Scheme 1) were successfully synthesized<br />
and fully characterized [1]. The complexation of these ligands with several alkali, alkaline earth<br />
and transition metal ions in acetonitrile solution was investigated using conductometric,<br />
spectrophotometric, 1 H-NMR and 133 Cs-NMR methods. Depen<strong>di</strong>ng on the nature and size of<br />
metal ions used and structural properties of the calix[4]arene-crown macrocycles, <strong>di</strong>fferent<br />
metal-to-ligand stoichiometries of 1:1, 2:1 and 3:2 were confirmed in solution. The stability<br />
constants of the resulting complexes were evaluated from computer fitting of the correspon<strong>di</strong>ng<br />
conductance, absorbance or chemical shift versus mole ratio data.<br />
To obtain more information about the conformational changes of the calix[4]arene-crowns upon<br />
complexation with some metal ions, the molecular structures of free ligands and their metal ion<br />
complexes were built with the Hyperchem program version 7.0 [2]. The structure of free ligands<br />
were optimized using the 6-31G* basic set at the restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) level of theory.<br />
The optimized structures of ligands were then used to find out the initial structure of their metal<br />
ion complexes. Finally, the structures of the resulting complexes were optimized using the<br />
Lan12mb basis set at the RHF level of theory, using the Gaussian 98 program. Sample results<br />
are shown in Scheme 2.<br />
Based on the selectivity results obtained from complexation stu<strong>di</strong>es, some of the ligands were<br />
used as suitable ionophores for the preparation of PVC-membrane ion-selective electrodes for<br />
the correspon<strong>di</strong>ng metal ion-ligand systems. An interesting example is a highly selective and<br />
sensitive potentiometric sensor with a limit of detection of 1.0 10 -6 M for barium ion based on<br />
ligand L2. The details of the results obtained on the complexation and polymeric membrane ionselective<br />
electrode stu<strong>di</strong>es of the ligands L1-L5 will be <strong>di</strong>scussed in this seminar.<br />
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5<br />
Scheme 1. Structures of ligands L1-L5<br />
Scheme 2. Optimized structures of free L2 and its Ba 2+<br />
complex<br />
[1] Z. Asfari, P. Thuery, M. Nierlich, J. Vicens, Tetrahedron Lett., 1999, 40, 499-502.<br />
[2] M. Shamsipur, M. Hosseini, K. Alizadeh, M. F. Mousavi, A. Garau, V. Lippolis, A. Yari, Anal.<br />
Chem., 2005, 77, 276-283.