Cationic M2L4 cages for perchlorate removal from aqueous solutions and preferential perchlorate incorporation in hydrophilic solutions
Cationic M2L4 cages for perchlorate removal from aqueous solutions and preferential perchlorate incorporation in hydrophilic solutions
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10.1039/c6ce00267f
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发表时间:
2016-06
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3.1
通讯作者:
Eriko Sone;Moeko Sato;Masaru Mochizuki;Chihiro Kamio;Katsunori Yamanishi;M. Kondo
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作者:
Eriko Sone;Moeko Sato;Masaru Mochizuki;Chihiro Kamio;Katsunori Yamanishi;M. Kondo
Four new cage-type compounds, [A ⊂ Cu2(m-bbitrb)4]A3 (A = Cl− (1a), Br− (1b), m-bbitrb = 1,3-bis(benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene), and [SO4 ⊂ Cu2(m-bbitrb)4]A2 (A = Cl− (2a), Br− (2b)), were synthesized and characterized. These compounds have a M2L4-type cationic cage, incorporating an anion in the cage. Although the four compounds are insoluble in water, they exhibit ClO4− removal activity from aqueous solutions by exchange with anions located outside the cage. The [Cl ⊂ Cu2(m-bbitrb)4]3+ cage removes ClO4− from aqueous solutions preferentially. To study the selective removal process by the cationic cage, the affinity of the [Cu2(m-bbitrb)4]4+ cage for ClO4− was studied by acquiring the solid-state reflectance spectra, absorption spectra, and ESI-TOF mass spectra in solutions of MeCN and MeCN/H2O for [SO4 ⊂ Cu2(m-bbitrb)4](ClO4)2 (2d). The results indicated that the SO42− in [SO4 ⊂ Cu2(m-bbitrb)4]2+ was retained in the MeCN solution, whereas in the MeCN/H2O solution the SO42− was exchanged with the ClO4− located outside the cage. This is because an increase in the hydrophilicity of the solution promotes the incorporation of hydrophobic ClO4− into the hydrophobic cage, meaning that the preferential removal of ClO4− from aqueous solutions is due to the higher affinity of the hydrophobic space created outside the M2LB4 cages in the solid state.