A Microporous Amic Acid Polymer for Enhanced Ammonia Capture

Autor: Ji-Woong Lee, Gregory W. Peterson, Jun Xu, Gokhan Barin, Kristen A. Colwell, Jeffrey R. Long
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9:33504-33510
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02603
Popis: Amic acids, consisting of carboxylic acids and amides, are often utilized as intermediates that can further undergo a dehydration–cyclization step to yield polymeric cyclic imides. Compared with imide-based materials, the presence of Bronsted acidic groups and multiple hydrogen-bond donors and acceptors in materials incorporating amic acids opens up the possibility for a variety of host–guest interactions. Here we report a facile and catalyst-free synthesis of a Bronsted acidic porous poly(amic acid) (PAA) and present its NH3 uptake properties using gas adsorption and breakthrough measurements. Simple addition of water as a cosolvent to a mixture of tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)methane and pyromellitic anhydride resulted in the formation of PAA in almost quantitative yield. Further mechanistic studies with model compounds revealed the importance of additive water to generate amic acid species selectively without forming cyclic imides at high temperatures. Gas adsorption isotherms and breakthrough curves obtaine...
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