New silylating agents used in immobilization, sol-gel process phyllosilicate and thermochemical of interaction

Author(s)

Andrea Sales de Oliveira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química
• Defense date: 2006-02-23

Examining board members

Claudio Airoldi; Celso Ulysses Davanzo; Gilson Herbert Magalhães Dias

• Advisor: Claudio Airoldi

Abstract

New silylating agents were synthesized by reacting the precursor 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane with the molecule of interest 2-aminophenyldisulfide, that contains distinct nitrogen and sulfur basic centres. The new silylating agents were covalently anchored onto polymeric backbone silica gel by using homogeneus and heterogeneus routes and also through sol-gel process. By applying this methodology, the silylating agent hydrolyses together tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in basic condition, enabling the incorporation of pendent groups derived from the original agents. Mesoporous silica was obtained through sol-ge process, in which occurs the co-condensation between silanol groups formed from hydrolysis and followed by palymerization to yield the final product. The presence of dodecylamine in water causes the micelle formation, wich is covered by TEOS to permit the aggregation of the silylating agent, before co-condensing the organized inorganic structure. The use of a magnesium salt in basic condition together with a silylating agent results in a lamellar phyllosilicate, in wich inorganic structure the organic moieties are banding inside the interlamellar space. The adsorption properties of the new surfaces were explored to cations removal such as copper, lead and cadmium that have affinity for basic Lewis centres, to give the adsorption order Cu > Pb > Cd. The energetic effects between basic centres present in pendent chains and cations at the solid/liquid interface were determined through calorimetric titrations. (AU)