Synthesis of heavy metal chelating agent with four chelating groups of N¹,N²,N⁴,N⁵-tetrakis(2-mercaptoethyl)benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxamide (TMBTCA) and its application for Cu-containing wastewater

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• 作者：Feng-He Wang ; ^{wangfenghe@njnu.edu.cn} ; Ying-Xue Ji ; Jun-Jie Wang
• 关键词：Heavy metal chelating agent ; Heavy metal ; Chelate ; Pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) ; Cysteamine hydrochloride (CHC)
• 刊名：Journal of Hazardous Materials
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：30 November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：241-242
• 期：Complete
• 页码：427-432
• 全文大小：448 K

文摘

A novel heavy metal chelating agent, N¹,N²,N⁴,N⁵-tetrakis(2-mercaptoethyl) benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxamide (TMBTCA), was designed with four chelating groups, and a facile one-step synthetic procedure was developed with pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and cysteamine hydrochloride (CHC) as raw materials by aqueous acylation. The effects of mole ratio of reactants (CHC/PMDA), reaction temperature, and reaction time on the yield of TMBTCA were studied. Its application for Cu-containing wastewater was investigated. The experimental results showed that the maximum yield of TMBTCA was 75.92 % , as the mole ratio of CHC/PMDA reached 4.8, reaction temperature was 5 ¡ãC, and reaction time was 6 h. It was observed that TMBTCA could effectively remove Cu²⁺ and CuEDTA to much lower than 0.5 mg/L (the discharge limit of copper ions in China).

Furthermore, TMBTCA showed more affinity for cadmium and copper than some traditional commercial precipitants, such as DTC, TBA and TMT, via comparison of their ability for heavy metal removal, and the precipitates of Cu-TMBTCA and Cd-TMBTCA presented good stability in leaching tests. The results can provide a reference for design and further research on new kind of heavy metal chelating agent with more bonding sites, especially for heavy metal precipitation in PCB wastewater treatment.