Crosslinking of polyamides using dianhydrides, diacid chloride and dialdehyde: a promising approach for water treatment

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IRSIP 24 PS‐31

Author's Department

Chemistry Department

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pi.5918

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Manzar Zahra; Sonia Zulfiqar; William G Skene; Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar

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Research Article

Publication Title

Polymer international

Publication Date

12-31-2019

doi

10.1002/pi.5918

Abstract

New crosslinked polyamides were successfully produced from the condensation of pre-synthesized monomer, 5-(2,2,2-trifluoroacetamido)isophthaloylchloride (TFAIAC) and diamines at low temperature. These polyamides were used as promising metal-chelating adsorbents due to the presence of O and N donor sites on the crosslinked polyamides. For this purpose, trifluoroacetic anhydride was used to protect the amino group of 5-aminoisophthalic acid, thus generating 5-(2,2,2-trifluoroacetamido)isophthalic acid (TFAIA). TFAIA was converted into TFAIAC using oxalyl chloride, which was exploited as a suitable monomer for the synthesis of aromatic polyamides. Amino groups were then set free under basic conditions and the crosslinking was carried out through amino groups present on the polyamide chains with different dianhydrides, isophthaloyl chloride and 2,5-thiophenedicarboxaldehyde. The synthesis of monomers and polymers was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and molar masses of the polyamides were measured by gel permeation chromatography. The crosslinked macromolecules were found to possess enough chain alignment as depicted by their XRD patterns. The thermal stability of the crosslinked polyamides was increased as their decomposition temperatures were improved from 420 to 619 °C. Metal ion uptake was scrutinized through atomic absorption spectroscopy with 83%–85% adsorption capacity at optimized parameters, i.e. a contact time of 3 h at pH 6. The mechanism of adsorption was further investigated through the Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. The results reveal that uptake of metal ions followed monolayer adsorption of cations owing to coordination to electronegative centers on the macromolecules, confirming the Langmuir adsorption model. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.

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