Issue 9, 2018

In situ synthesis of magnesium hydroxides modified with tripodal ligands in an organic medium

Abstract

Layered magnesium hydroxides modified organically with tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris-NH2) were directly synthesized from magnesium chloride dissolved in a polar organic solvent, like dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), containing a small amount of water. Tris-NH2 acted as a base for precipitating magnesium hydroxides as well as an organic modifier. In contrast to the case of an aqueous solution, the use of organic solvents substantially increased the degree of modification of layered magnesium hydroxides with Tris-NH2 owing to the formation of bidentate Mg–O–C linkages by Tris-NH2 in addition to its tridentate bonding mode. Bidentate linkages, hydrolyzed readily in water, are stable in the organic media. Pentaerythritol (Tris-CH2OH), trimethylolethane (Tris-CH3), and trimethylolpropane (Tris-C2H5) were also successfully used for the synthesis of organically-modified layered magnesium hydroxides by the addition of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as a base with DMSO as the solvent. The synthesis of hybrid magnesium hydroxides in organic solvents is expected to expand the chemistry of organically modified layered metal hydroxides with various metallic species and a wide variety of organic functional groups.

Graphical abstract: In situ synthesis of magnesium hydroxides modified with tripodal ligands in an organic medium

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Oct 2017
Accepted
28 Nov 2017
First published
28 Nov 2017

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 3074-3083

In situ synthesis of magnesium hydroxides modified with tripodal ligands in an organic medium

K. Muramatsu, Y. Kuroda, H. Wada, A. Shimojima and K. Kuroda, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 3074 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03699J

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