title: 2-Mercaptothiazoline modified mesoporous silica for mercury removal from aqueous media.
abstract: Mesoporous silicas (SBA-15 and MCM-41) have been functionalized by two different methods. Using the heterogeneous route the silylating agent, 3-chloropropyltriethoxysilane, was initially immobilized onto the mesoporous silica surface to give the chlorinated mesoporous silica Cl-SBA-15 or Cl-MCM-41. In a second step a multifunctionalized N, S donor compound (2-mercaptothiazoline, MTZ) was incorporated to obtain the functionalized silicas denoted as MTZ-SBA-15-Het or MTZ-MCM-41-Het. Using the homogeneous route, the functionalization was achieved via the one step reaction of the mesoporous silica with an organic ligand containing the chelating functions, to give the modified mesoporous silicas denoted as MTZ-SBA-15-Hom or MTZ-MCM-41-Hom. The functionalized mesoporous silicas were employed as adsorbents for the regeneration of aqueous solutions contaminated with Hg (II) at room temperature. SBA-15 and MCM-41 functionalized with MTZ by the homogeneous method present good mercury adsorption values (1.10 and 0.7mmolHg (II)/g of silica, respectively). This fact suggests a better applicability of such mesoporous silica supports to extract Hg (II) from aqueous solutions. In addition, it was observed the existence of a correlation between mercury adsorption with pore size and volume since, SBA-15 with lower areas and higher pore sizes functionalized with sterically demanding ligands, show better adsorption capacities than functionalized MCM-41.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Tecnología Química y Ambiental, E.S.C.E.T., Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. damian.perez@urjc.es
authors.forename: Damián
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez-Quintanilla
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: del Hierro
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fajardo
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sierra
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D013844:Thiazoles; D053778:Thiazolidines; D014867:Water; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D013844:Thiazoles; D053778:Thiazolidines; D014867:Water; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C005104:2-mercaptothiazoline; D008628:Mercury; D009584:Nitrogen