HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADSORPTION RESINS .1. PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES CONTAINING 2-PYRIDYLMETHYL, 2-THIENYLMETHYL, AND 3-(METHYLTHIO)PROPYL GROUPS AND THEIR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF PRECIOUS METALS
Y. Baba et al., HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADSORPTION RESINS .1. PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES CONTAINING 2-PYRIDYLMETHYL, 2-THIENYLMETHYL, AND 3-(METHYLTHIO)PROPYL GROUPS AND THEIR SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF PRECIOUS METALS, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 69(5), 1996, pp. 1255-1260
Crosslinked N-(2-pyridylmethyl)chitosan, N-(2-thienylmethyl)chitosan,
and N-[3-(methylthio)propyl]chitosan were newly synthesized. The amino
group of the active adsorption site of chitosan was protected by Schi
ff's base formation prior to being crosslinked by 2-(chloromethyl)oxir
ane. The final chitosan derivatives were obtained by reducing the imin
e moiety of the Schiff's bases with sodium borohydride. The adsorption
behavior of metal ions on the chitosan derivatives was examined from
a solution containing hydrochloric acid using a batchwise method. Thes
e chitosan derivatives exhibited high selectivities and excellent load
ing capacities for gold(III), palladium(II), and platinum(IV) over bas
e metals in hydrochloric acid. In order to elucidate the adsorption sp
ecies of palladium(II) on the chitosan derivatives, the effect of the
chloride ion concentration on the distribution ratio in the adsorption
of palladium(II) was examined. The adsorption capacities of these chi
tosan derivatives for palladium(TI) were found to be about 2.5-3 times
greater than that of the cross-linked original chitosan. The desorpti
on of palladium(II) was performed to an extent of 70% by a single batc
hwise treatment with aqueous thiourea solution.