Issue 2, 2014

Room temperature metallogelation for a simple series of aminothiazole ligands with potential applications in identifying and scavenging mercury ions

Abstract

A new class of aminothiazole based metallogels of mercury have been synthesized and characterized using various physico-chemical techniques. The coordination polymer of 2-amino-4-methylthiazole (1b) with Hg(OAc)2 demonstrated room temperature gelation of water along with thixotropic behaviour. The metallogels of 1a–Hg(OAc)2 and 1b–Hg(OAc)2 showed promising application for the removal and visual detection of mercury in contaminated water. The role of the methyl proton in controlling and inducing the gelation behaviour is discussed.

Graphical abstract: Room temperature metallogelation for a simple series of aminothiazole ligands with potential applications in identifying and scavenging mercury ions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Sep 2013
Accepted
11 Oct 2013
First published
14 Oct 2013

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 563-566

Room temperature metallogelation for a simple series of aminothiazole ligands with potential applications in identifying and scavenging mercury ions

P. Yadav and A. Ballabh, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 563 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA45024D

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