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Selective Lanthanides Sequestration Based on a Self‐Assembled Organosilica
Author(s) -
Besson Eric,
Mehdi Ahmad,
Van der Lee Arie,
Chollet Hervé,
Reyé Catherine,
Guilard Roger,
Corriu Robert J. P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200902454
Subject(s) - lanthanide , ethylenediamine , ion exchange , inorganic chemistry , ionic radius , chemistry , aqueous solution , ion , lamellar structure , succinic anhydride , materials science , crystallography , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry
In this paper, we investigate the cation‐exchange properties of a self‐assembled hybrid material towards trivalent ions, lanthanides (La 3+ , Eu 3+ , Gd 3+ , Yb 3+ ) and Fe 3+ . The bis‐zwitterionic lamellar material was prepared by sol–gel process from only 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), succinic anhydride, and ethylenediamine. In ethanol heated under reflux, the exchange ethylenediammonium versus Ln 3+ proved to be complete by complexometry measurements and elemental analyses, one Cl − ion per one Ln III remaining as expected for charge balance. In aqueous solution at 20 °C, the material was found to be selective towards lanthanide in spite of the similarity of their ionic radii. The cation uptake depends on the nature of the salt, the difference between two lanthanides reaching up to 20 % in some cases. Finally, ion‐exchange reaction with FeCl 3 was chosen as a probe to get more information on the material after incorporation of trivalent ions. Based on Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations on the resulting material in conjunction with the XRD analysis of materials containing trivalent ions, a structural model was proposed to describe the incorporation of trivalent ions by exchange reaction within the original zwitterionic material.