A series of long, podand ligands has been produced, incorporating three to five nitrogen atoms, in attempts to create new chelating agents which can extract metal ions from aqueous solutions. Common starting materials include tetraethylene pentaamine and diethylenetriamine, each combined with octanal, decanal or dodecanal via a Schiff’s Base condensation. The novel materials have been included into established plastics to determine if functional, plastic materials can be produced. The goal of the project is to determine if novel, inexpensive ligands and plastics can be produced to remediate polluted water streams. The ligands are therefore designed to be non-specific to numerous Lewis acids.

Development of functional plastics containing long-chain aliphatic podands for the remediation of water

255th National Meeting (2018)

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