Reduction of a Tetrafluoroterephthalonitrile-β-Cyclodextrin Polymer to Remove Anionic Micropollutants and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances from Water

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Organic micropollutants (MPs) are anthropogenic substances that contaminate water resources at trace concentrations. Many MPs, including per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), have come under increased scrutiny because of their environmental persistence and association with various health problems. A β-cyclodextrin polymer linked with tetrafluoroterephthalonitrile (TFN-CDP) has high affinity for cationic and many neutral MPs from contaminated water because of anionic groups incorporated during the polymerization. But TFN-CDP does not bind many anionic MPs strongly, including anionic PFASs. To address this shortcoming, we reduced the nitrile groups in TFN-CDP to primary amines, which reverses its affinity towards charged MPs. TFN-CDP exhibits adsorption distribution coefficients (log KD values) of 2-3 for cationic MPs and -0.5-1.5 for anionic MPs, whereas the reduced TFN-CDP exhibits log KD values of -0.5-1.5 for cationic MPs and 2-4 for anionic MPs, with especially high affinity towards anionic PFASs. Kinetic studies of the removal of 10 anionic PFASs at environmentally relevant concentrations showed 80-98 % removal of all contaminants after 30 min and was superior to commercial granular activated carbon. These findings demonstrate the scope and tunability of CD-based adsorbents derived from a single polymerization and the promise of novel adsorbents constructed from molecular receptors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 58(2019), 35 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 12049-12053

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Klemes, Max J [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Yuhan [VerfasserIn]
Ching, Casey [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Congyue [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Leilei [VerfasserIn]
Helbling, Damian E [VerfasserIn]
Dichtel, William R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adsorbents
Cyclodextrin
Journal Article
Micropollutants
PFAS
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Water treatment

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Date Completed 13.04.2020

Date Revised 13.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.201905142

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298263742