title: Copper acetylacetonate anchored onto amine-functionalised clays.
abstract: Copper (II) acetylacetonate was immobilised directly onto two clays, laponite (Lap) and K10-montmorillonite (K10), and after their amine functionalisation with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). All the materials were characterised by nitrogen adsorption isotherms at -196 degrees C, elemental analysis, TG-DSC, XRD, and IR spectroscopy. The K10-based materials were also characterised by XPS. The APTES-functionalised K10 showed higher copper loading than K10, indicating that the clay functionalisation enhanced the complex immobilisation; on the contrary, in Lap-based materials higher metal content was obtained by direct complex anchoring, probably due to the delaminated nature of Lap which induced the particles aggregation on functionalisation with APTES. All the results pointed out that the Cu complex was anchored onto the amine-functionalised clays by Schiff condensation between the amine groups of anchored APTES and the carbonyl groups of the acetylacetonate ligand, whereas direct immobilisation proceeded mostly through interaction between the metal centre and the clay surface hydroxyl groups.
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Sónia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patrício
authors.forename: Ana Rosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Alexandre L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Freire
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D001546:Bentonite / Q000737:chemistry*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010422:Pentanones / Q000737:chemistry*; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013696:Temperature; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010422:Pentanones; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes; D017640:Silicates; D001546:Bentonite; C049529:acetyl acetonate; C524813:laponite; C477625:amino-propyl-triethoxysilane