Patent Application: US-90662297-A

Abstract:
water - insoluble polymer resins containing ethylenediamine subunits which are n - substituted with a functional group chosen from the group consisting of -- h , -- cs 2 , -- ch 2 po 3 h , and -- ch 3 , or which are n - quarternized as -- 2 . sup .⊕⊖ oh ]--, and polysalts of these . the use of such resins in separating nitrites , organic chlorine compounds , metal ions including radioactive metal ions , counteranions of metal ions , and aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes from dilute aqueous solutions , especially at low concentrations . a method of synthesizing epoxy carbamate resins without violent reaction by inverse suspension condensation in cold liquid paraffin or toluene , preferably with dimethyl formamide or 1 - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidone as co - solvents .

Description:
various aspects of the invention are described below in more detail under the headings : insoluble dithiocarbamate - containing epoxy resins ; 1 , 2 diaminoethane containing epoxy resins for separation of aldehydes ; removal of transition metal cations and their counteranions by crosslinked epoxy - amine polymer ; removal of nitrite ions from aqua solutions ; and crosslinked polystyrene sulfonamides with oligoethylenediamines . one form of the invention relates to a novel epoxy resin having dithiocarbamate reactive groups . more particularly , it relates to an epoxy resin derived from ethylenediamine and a stoichiometric excess of epichlorohydrin and the conversion of the resin into dithiocarbamate form by using naoh and cs 2 . in this way , a cross - linked , water - insoluble resin containing dithiocarbamic acid sodium salt is obtained . this polymeric resin is attractive for use in specialized applications . having dithiocarbamate groups , the resin is extremely reactive towards transitions metal ions at very low concentrations and capable of reacting with halogen compounds . so the resin has potential applications in water purifications and removal of chlorine - containing pesticides and herbicides from water solutions . it is an object of this invention to provide a novel water - insoluble , dithiocarbamate - containing epoxy - amine resin and a process for its manufacture . this resin is odorless ( unlike dithiocarbamates derived from primary amines or those which evolve h 2 s in use ). this aspect is an important advantage of the resin . in this part of the description preparation , utilization , and regeneration of dithiocarbamate containing epichlorohydrin - ethylenediamine resin is disclosed . although here the resin obtained from ethylenediamine is described , this general approach can be extended to all amines which are secondary ( bonded to two carbons .) the following examples are presented as illustrations and not intended as limitations on the process . the repeating unit of epichlorohydrin - ethylenediamine crosslinked polymer ( i ) is shown in fig1 . a mixture of 5 . 8 g ( 0 . 1 mol ) ethylenediamine and 10 . 17 g ( 0 . 11 mol ) epichlorohydrin and 10 ml dimethylformamide is added to 35 ml of liquid paraffin below 5 ° c . the mixture is stirred for 6 h then heated to 45 ° c . for 8 h . the granular product is isolated by filtration and dispersed in boiling alcohol . after filtering , the product is dried in vacuo at 40 ° c . for 12 h . the nitrous acid test represents that the product does not contain primary amine functionalities . the amounts of components can be varied to obtain materials with different porosity . modification of the product ( i ) with cs 2 to dithiocarbamate functionality ( ii ) is illustrated in fig2 . 10 g of i is placed 100 ml volume of flask ad 50 ml cs 2 is added to the flask . the flask is closed and left overnight . the swelled resin is filtered and washed with 25 ml of ethanol . then the sample is dispersed in a solution of 8 g naoh in 50 ml ethanol . the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 18 h . the content of the bottle is filtered and washed with 50 ml ethanol and dried at room temperature under vacuo for 12 h . the product is ready for use . it is important that , having been derived from secondary amines , the product has no objectionable odor . the resin ii is odorless and extremely reactive towards aliphatic chlorides such as ddt ( neocid ). depending on practical conditions , the degree of functionalization is between 32 % and 96 %. it substitutes rapidly with the chloride to give corresponding dithiocarbamic acid esters and nacl eliminates . hence by the resin ii , organic chlorides are converted into nacl . chlorinated benzene derivatives can also be destroyed by this resin . however , in this case the interaction proceeds more slowly . for instance at room temperature , 5 grams of the resin ii can sorb more than 90 % of lindane ( in a hundred ppm concentration ) from 100 ml water solution in about 12 h of interaction - time . the rate of interaction depends also on the structure of the chlorinated benzenes such as bhc and chloranil . the reaction can be represented as shown in fig3 . obviously the capacity of the resin ii depends on its degree of functionalization . the resin can be used in batch or column operations . moreover the resin ii is also a powerful complexing agent . it can bind various transition metal ions even at 0 . 1 ppm levels of concentration . the used resin can be regenerated by boiling with acid solutions . evolved cs 2 or cos is trapped with alkaline solutions such as naoh , koh or ca ( oh ) 2 . in this way the resin turns into the acid salt . the resulting polysalt can be freed by interaction with naoh solution . then it can be functionalized by cs 2 as described above . thus , 10 g of loaded resin is placed into a 250 ml volume two - necked flask which is attached to a reflux condenser . a rubber tube is attached at the top of condenser so that the second end of the tube is immersed in concentrated naoh solution in a glass trap . then 100 ml of 3 m h 2 so 4 solution is added to the flask through a dropping funnel . the content of the flask is heated gradually to the boiling temperature . hydrolysis of dithiocarbamate ester is completed in about 20 min . evolved cs 2 or cos is trapped by the concentrated naoh solution . then the content of the flask is filtered and washed with water . while wet , the product is transferred into 200 ml of 4 m naoh solution in a beaker . the mixture is heated at 40 - 50 ° c . for 1 h . after cooling the mixture is filtered and washed with excess of water and dried . in order to convert it into dithiocarbamate form the same procedure which is described above is followed . it is apparent that many variations may be made in these process conditions . thus , by this procedure a nonsoluble resin can be obtained from ethylenediamine ( 1 , 2 diamino ethane ) and epichlorohydrin . it can be obtained in bead form by suspension polycondensations . this resin can be transformed into dithiocarbamate form by treating with cs 2 / naoh . this dithiocarbamate - containing resin does not have an unpleasant odor and is extremely reactive towards trace amounts of transition metal ions in water solutions . regeneration of the used resin can be achieved by acid treatment , giving cs 2 or cos . during regeneration , evolving gases can be trapped in concentrated base solutions . free amine resin is liberated by aqua naoh solution . dithiocarbamate functions can be inserted again by reacting with cs 2 and naoh . depending on the conditions , this resin can bind a wide variety of chlorinated compounds in between a few seconds and a few days . aliphatic chlorides can generally be bound faster than aromatic ones . reaction facility is associated with the structure of the chlorinated compounds to be removed . in a form of the invention , epoxy - amine resin obtained by inverse suspension polycondensation of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine has been demonstrated to be very useful for selective separation of aldehydes from the mixtures . the 1 , 2 - diaminoethane units in the crosslinked structure can be regarded as a polymeric analog of wanzlick reagent , ( 1 , 2 - dianilinoethane ) which readily condenses with aldehydes to form five - membered cyclic structures , imidazolines . in the presence of mineral acids the imidazoline ring decomposes into its components . this reverse reaction serves as a means of regenerating the aldehydeloaded polymer . the method described below is especially suitable for extraction and recovery of aromatic aldehydes from organic mixtures , even in small quantities . the method works also for aliphatic aldehydes . however in that case , aldol condensation products may form in the solution and the insoluble polymer may sorb these by - products together with aldehyde itself . aldehyde sorptions are rapid in water - miscible solvents such as dioxane and methanol , whereas in cyclohexane , aldehyde sorption is slow , due to hydrophilicity of the polymer . more specifically , this aspect of the invention involves separation of aldehydes by using epoxy - amine resins having 1 , 2 - diaminoethane unit in the main chain . dianilinoethane ( which is so called wanzlick reagent ) has been reported to form imidazolines with aldehydes [ 6 ]. this reaction has been reported to be reversible in acid conditions . upon treating with dilute mineral acids , the imidazoline decomposes into its components . applicant has discovered such a reaction in polymeric 1 , 2 - diaminoethanes . however , this process is not straightforward , because during decomposition of the imidazoline group with acids , side reactions usually occur through phenyl rings . and these side reactions reduce the reactivity of dianilinoethane for the next reaction . similarly , applicant has observed that the crosslinked polymer obtained by condensation of p - dichloromethyl benzene and ethylenediamine also binds aldehydes . however , after the first regeneration by concentrated acids ( i . e . 1 m ) the reactivity of the polymeric reagent lowers to one third of its original reactivity [ 7 ]. the change of the reactivity might be because of acid catalyzed hetero - condensation reaction ( possibly sommelet rearrangement ), through amino groups and phenyl rings . in order to avoid this side reaction applicant sought a suitable polymer . it was found that the crosslinked epoxy - amine resin obtained by condensation of ethylenediamine with epichlorohydrin is suitable for aldehyde - uptake from mixtures . not having aromatic groups , this polymer is found to reduce side reactions in the regeneration step . aldehyde binding ability and regeneration conditions of the crosslinked epoxy - amine polymer for different aldehydes are discussed below . carbonyl - free methanol was prepared from commercial methanol ( e . merck ) as described in the literature [ 8 ]. benzaldehyde ( e . merck ), acetaldehyde ( e . merck ), salicylaldehyde ( e . merck ) and butyraldehyde ( bdh ) were distilled before use . all the other chemicals used were analytical grade commercial products . they were used as supplied ( epichlorohydrin : fluka ; ethylene diamine : e . merck ). direct interaction of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine may cause violent explosions . an insoluble resin was prepared safely by suspension - polycondensation methodology , according to the procedure described above and elsewhere [ 8 ]. a 10 % stoichiometric excess of epichlorohydrin was used to obtain a solid and water - insoluble product . inevitably , some of the amino groups are embedded in the polymer matrix . not all of the secondary amines are accessible and susceptible to aldehyde binding . in order to estimate the maximum capacity of the resin , 0 . 5 g of the resin sample was contacted with 20 ml of 2 m hcl solution for 24 h . the mixture was filtered and 10 ml of filtrate was titrated conductometrically with 0 . 1 m naoh solution in order to find the excess of the hcl used . from these data the accessible amine content was calculated as 15 . 1 mmol / g resin , which is 88 . 1 % of the total theoretical amine function . to estimate aldehyde - binding capacities of the resin , 0 . 5 g of the resin sample was introduced into 25 ml alcohol solutions of 13 . 5 mmol aldehyde , which is about twofold excess of the theoretical capacity . the mixtures were stirred for 3 h at room temperature . at the end of this period the mixtures were filtered and 1 ml samples were taken from the filtrates and transferred quickly into volumetric flasks . the samples were diluted with carbonyl - free methanol up to appropriate concentrations (. sup .˜ 10 - 5 m ). the aldehyde concentrations were determined calorimetrically according to the procedure based on 2 , 4 - dinitrophenyl hydrazine method , yielding an absorbtion maxima around 480 nm [ 9 ]. the sorbed amounts were calculated by differentiating the initial and final aldehyde contents of the interacted solutions . the relevant data are shown in fig6 ( table 1 ). simple batch kinetic experiments were performed as follows : to 50 ml of methanolic aldehyde solution 3 · 10 - 2 m ), 0 . 5 g of resin sample was added and the mixture was stirred gently . 2 ml of aliquots were taken from the mixture at appropriate time intervals . the sample solutions were transferred into volumetric flasks and diluted properly . aldehyde concentrations were assayed calorimetrically . the sorbed amounts were calculated as described above . time dependent aldehyde sorptions were depicted as shown in fig7 . the sorption of the aldehydes studied [ benzaldehyde (*), salicyl aldehyde (◯), butyraldehyde (□) and acetaldehyde ( δ )] obeys second order kinetics . by plotting 1 / β versus time ( where β represents percentage of the unreacted aldehyde in solution ) the rate constants were found from the slopes of the linear graphs . the results obtained have been collected in fig6 ( table 1 ). to investigate the solvent effect , the sorption kinetics of benzaldehyde were studied using three different solvents : methanol (⊙), dioxane ( δ ) and cyclohexane (□), under the same conditions . the comparative data are depicted in fig8 . the desorption kinetics were studied by treating the aldehyde loaded samples ( 0 . 5 g ) with a mixture of 25 ml methanol ( carbonyl - free ) and 25 ml of 2 m hcl solutions . time dependent desorptions of benzaldehyde and butyraldehyde were followed by samples taken at appropriate time intervals . for stripping of the aldehydes completely , the same experiments were repeated by prolonged interaction periods ( 24 h ) of the loaded samples with the acid solutions . the released aldehydes in the solutions were determined similarly . by treating with 1 m hcl solution only 43 - 67 % of the sorbed aldehydes were released from the loaded samples . when , however , more concentrated ( 5 m ) hcl solutions ( 25 ml per gram of the resin ) were used , the resin samples became completely aldehyde - free in about 5 h . at the end of this procedure , the amino groups of the resin are in hcl form . in order to recovery of these samples , the washed samples were contacted with 25 ml of 2 m naoh solutions . after washing with excess of water the regenerated samples were dried under vacuo at 40 ° c . for 24 h . as noted above , an aspect of the present invention involves reversible aldehyde binding ability of crosslinked polymers with 1 , 2 - diamino ethane units . in the example , the crosslinked insoluble polymer was obtained by condensation of the suspension of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine in cold liquid paraffin and its reversible aldehyde binding ability was tested . the structure of the insoluble polymer is believed to be as shown in fig4 . the stoichiometric excess of epichlorohydrin is believed to act as crosslinking agent . according to this formula , the polymer does not contain primary amines , which seems unexpected for the condensation polymerization . in order to determine the primary amine content , a nitrous acid test was used , which is characteristic for primary amines . this method is known as the van - slyke method , which is used for quantitative determination of amino acids by measuring of the volume of the nitrogen gas evolved from primary amino groups [ 10 ]. interestingly , no nitrogen evolution was observed by nitrous acid test . this result clearly indicates that the insoluble epoxy - amine resin contains practically no primary amino groups and the whole structure consists of secondary and tertiary amines as depicted in fig4 . since 10 % excess of epichlorohydrin is used , the theoretical secondary amino content of the crosslinked polymer is calculated as 15 . 51 mmol . g - 1 resin . but in fact some of the amines are retained in the crosslinked structure and these are not accessible for chemical interactions . in order to estimate the accessible amine content a weighed amount of polymer sample was contacted with aqua solution of hcl ( 5 m ) and the unreacted part of the hcl in the test solution was determined by back titration with 1 m naoh solution . in this way the accessible amine content was calculated as 15 . 1 mmol / g resin . if we assume that secondary and tertiary amine distribution is equal in the accessible and inaccessible parts , 13 . 6 mmol of secondary amine must be accessible . since two amino groups are consumed per aldehyde molecule , the effective aldehyde binding capacity of the polymer is expected to be 6 . 8 mmol / g . based on the reversible aldehyde binding ability of dianilinoethane , aldehyde sorption of the polymer is believed to be represented as shown in fig5 . the aldehyde sorption must proceed via imidazoline ring formation . to break up the imidazoline moiety , concentrated hcl solution is used , and the aldehyde sorbed is released from the polymer . this fact is the key point of the reversible aldehyde binding , which allows recovery of the sorbed aldehyde . after separation of the stripped aldehyde , the amino groups in the polymer are in hcl form . these are readily converted into free amine form by a simple base treatment ( 1 m naoh ) and the crosslinked polymer becomes regenerated and ready for the next use . in order to show practical efficiency of the resinous product , the resin samples were contacted separately with twofold excess of aldehydes for 3 h at room temperature . the loading capacities under these conditions were found by determination of the residual aldehyde concentrations of the solutions as seen in fig6 ( table 1 ). the data indicates that the loading capacity for butyraldehyde ( 6 . 6 mmol / g ) is significantly higher than that for the other aldehydes . having low molecular weight , acetaldehyde would be expected to show higher binding ability . however , under some conditions , the resin itself acts as base catalyst for aldol type of condensation of acetaldehyde and the solution becomes red - brown on standing more than 4 hours . this creates complications in determining the aldehyde concentration . aldol condensation is known as a typical reaction of aliphatic aldehydes possessing α - hydrogen . indeed the colored solution exhibits the characteristic odor of crotonaldehyde , which is the first condensation product of acetaldehyde . during the sorption of acetaldehyde , the resin also becomes colored . this can be ascribed to a fast aldol condensation of acetaldehyde and sorption of aldol products together with the acetaldehyde itself by the resin . absorbtion maxima of the aldol products shifts to longer wavelengths due to increasing conjugation with time . this conjugation causes observation of high absorbtion around 480 nm for the residual acetaldehyde in the solution . as a result the sorbed amounts observed for the acetaldehyde are misleadingly lower than for the other aldehydes . due to this fact the sorbed amount has lower than expected observed values . the same argument is valid also for the sorption kinetics : the observed kinetic curve of acetaldehyde lies under those of the other aldehydes . in order to compare the aldolization behavior of butyraldehyde , it was left in contact with the resin for 4 h in methanol solution . the shift in its absorbtion maxima ( 323 nm ) was only 30 nm which is far below 480 nm of wavelength . so aldol condensation for butyraldehyde proceeds slowly and does not cause significant complications in 3 h of interactions in the loading experiments studied . in comparison to benzaldehyde , salicylaldehyde binding is higher and faster than the former . most probably the acidic character of the phenolic oh group in salicylaldehyde is responsible for its high uptake , due to basicity of the resin itself . aldehyde binding can be analyzed by the ft - ir spectra of the benzaldehyde loaded polymer . aromatic c -- h stretching vibrations of the phenyl ring is clearly observed at 3050 and 3080 cm - 1 . these vibrations are not observed for the original polymer because of its all - aliphatic structure . this evidence is a clear - cut demonstration of the incorporation of benzaldehyde into the structure ( fig9 ). sorptions of aldehydes obey second order kinetics . rate constants for all the aldehydes ( except acetaldehyde ) are in the 1 . 5 × 10 - 2 - 2 . 0 × 10 - 2 mol - 1 s - 1 range . from the kinetic curves in fig7 it is clearly seen that the sorption rates are in butyraldehyde & gt ; salicylaldehyde & gt ; benzaldehyde & gt ; acetaldehyde order . it is interesting to note that aldehyde sorption is drastically lower in cyclohexane than in methanol and dioxane solvents ( fig8 ). this seems to be in accordance with the polarity of the solvent used , because the resin itself is hydrophilic and is not compatible with hydrocarbon solvents , such as cyclohexane . as discussed below and elsewhere , oligoethyleneimines attached to polystyrene sulphonamide resin are capable of aldehyde uptake from both hydrocarbon and polar solvents [ 11 ]. in that case the hydrophile - lipophile balance of the polymer - structure permits interaction with polar and nonpolar solvents . as a consequence , hydrophile - lipophile balance is an important factor governing aldehyde sorption , as found in metal - uptake experiments on some polymers before [ 12 ]. in the present case the polymer is hydrophilic in nature and sorption occurs preferably in polar solvents . aldehydes were stripped from the loaded polymer samples by interacting with a mixture of methanol / hcl ( 2 m ) solution ( 1 : 1 ). the amounts of stripped aldehydes were measured by monitoring aldehyde concentrations of the acid solutions . these experiments show that aldehyde desorptions are not complete in 3 h of interaction period and 43 - 67 % of the sorbed amounts are eluted . see fig6 ( table 1 ). high swelling ability of the resin in the acid may be another factor affecting the desorption , because diffusion of the released aldehydes from the swollen polymer matrix into the solution may be inhibited . the swelling ratio of the polymer in 1 m hcl solution is about 16 . 0 ( w / w o ), which can be considered to be responsible for the slow desorptions . however , additional experiments indicate that within 5 h of interaction with 5 m hcl solutions , all the sorbed aldehydes are released completely from the loaded polymer samples . additionally , to compare the desorption rates of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes , desorptions of benzaldehyde ( δ ) and butyraldehyde (⊙), were followed kinetically . fig1 represents that the desorption of butyraldehyde is faster than that of benzaldehyde , probably because of the higher hydrophilicity of the former . relatively higher hydrophilicity facilities the diffusion of acid solution into the loaded polymer and this results in faster desorption of butyraldehyde . the last step is regeneration of the used polymer . after a complete desorption of the aldehydes , the amino groups are in hcl form . the polymer at this stage can readily be transformed into free - amine form , simply by contacting it with 1 m naoh solution for 24 h . after washing with excess water and drying , the polymer becomes regenerated and is essentially ready for use in the next cycle . indeed , comparison of the ir spectra of the original polymers with those of the regenerated one reveals that the two samples have the same ir pattern . a qualitative test with acetone indicates that acetone was bound to the polymer when contacted for 5 days . also , in acetic acid , aldehyde sorption was not observed due to inhibition of the nucleophilicity of the secondary amino groups . also alkyl halogenides are to be considered as efficient interfering agents due to their alkylating effects on the secondary amines . in conclusion , 1 , 2 - diaminoethane units in the epoxy - amine resin described can be used to extract aldehydes from relatively polar solvents or mixtures . recovery of aromatic aldehydes is quite possible . aliphatic aldehydes , except acetaldehyde , can also be recovered provided that the interaction period is less than 3 h . in the case of long term interactions with aliphatic aldehydes with a - hydrogen , aldol condensation ( claisen - schmidt ) products form during the sorption . this can be considered a limitation of the polymer in using it for recovering aliphatic aldehydes . however if the recovery of aldehyde is not aimed at , the polymer can be used for the removal of trace quantities of aliphatic aldehydes . moreover , not having hydrolysable groups , the polymer is quite stable towards acid and base hydrolyses . this is another important factor favoring recycling of the polymer , especially in practical applications . further , this seems to be general for 1 , 2 - diamino ethanes and can be extended to many other polymers having 1 , 2 - diamino ethane units in the main or side chains . finally , this crosslinked polymer can be synthesized from commercially available chemicals and the method presented is very promising for large scale applications . removal of transition metal cations and their counteranions by crosslinked epoxy - amine polymer as noted above , reaction of epichlorohydrin with ethylene diamine is very exothermic and severe explosions occur even when few milliliters of the reagents are interacted without solvent . a controlled reaction has been achieved safely by suspension polycondensation of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine . in another aspect of the invention , the 1 , 2 diamino ethane units in the resulting crosslinked polymer present high chelating ability for transition metal ions , i . e . cu ( ii ), ni ( ii ), co ( ii ), cd ( ii ), fe ( iii ), cr ( iii ). having all - amine ligating groups , the polymer represents unique properties in that it can sorb not only metal cations but also their counteranions , such as chloride , sulphate , nitrate and acetate . the crosslinked polymer is stable hydrolytically and regenerable by acid without losing its activity . it can be recycled and offers a means of simultaneous removal of cations and anions from aqua solutions . as noted above and elsewhere , a resinous polymer obtained by condensation of p - dichloromethyl benzene with ethylenediamine is capable of binding transition metal ions together with their counteranions [ 22 ]. however , after regeneration with concentrated hcl solutions the polymer looses its original activity due to acid - catalyzed side reactions , probably sommelet rearrangement , through phenyl rings [ 23 ]. in order to overcome this drawback , the present invention involves a crosslinked aliphatic polyamine prepared by condensing epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine . preparation and metal complexes of some related materials have been described in some patent literature [ 24 ]. but its anion binding character has not been fully recognized so far . preparation , metal uptake from aqua solutions and anions binding ability ( with chloride , sulphate , acetate and nitrate anions ) of the resulting polymer have been investigated by the applicant and are described below . all the chemicals were analytical grade chemical products ; ethylenediamine ( e . merck ), epichlorohydrin ( fluka ), metal salts ( e . merck ). they were used without significant further purification . 50 ml of liquid paraffin was placed in a 250 ml volume two - necked flask equipped with a reflux condenser and a dropping funnel . the whole system was immersed in an ice both . next , 10 ml ( 0 . 15 mol ) ethylenediamine and 15 ml 1 - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidone were added to the flask . while stirring with a magnetic stirring bar ( 350 - 400 rpm ), 12 . 9 ml ( 0 . 165 mol ) epichlorohydrin was added cautiously to the mixture through a dropping funnel . a white flocculent occurred after stirring for 45 minutes . stirring was continued for another 18 h at room temperature . then the mixture was heated to 70 ° c . for 3 h . the solid which precipitated was filtered and washed with 30 ml toluene . the product was dispersed in 30 ml toluene and refluxed for 30 min . to remove paraffin residues , filtered , and washed with ethanol and water . the product was transferred into 50 ml 5 % naoh solution and stirred for 2 h . to obtain hcl - free resin . after filtration , the white - yellow product was washed with excess of water and 20 ml of ethanol , dried at 80 ° c . for 24 h under vacuo . the yield was 15 . 7 g ( 86 . 0 %). accessible amine content was determined according to the procedure described above and elsewhere [ 22 ]. for this purpose , 0 . 5 g of the resin sample was soaked into 20 ml of 1 m hcl solution and left in contact overnight , while stirring in a closed bottle . the excess of unreacted acid was titrated with 0 . 1 m naoh solution in the presence of phenolphthalein as indicator . the accessible amine content was calculated as 11 . 4 mmol nh 2 / g resin . disc shaped samples with a diameter of 1 cm and 2 . 3 mm thickness were prepared from 0 . 25 g dry polymer , by an ir pellet sampler under 10 tons / cm 2 of pressure . each disc was placed in a 100 ml volume sintered glass funnel , in a closed bottle containing 150 ml of tampone ( buffer ) solution ( ph : 2 . 0 and 5 . 5 ). the level of the tampone solutions were adjusted so that the upper level was 5 cm higher than that of the sample . the bottles were sealed to prevent any co 2 uptake which might cause shifts in ph . the samples were allowed to stand in contact with the tampone solutions for 6 weeks at room temperature . from time to time the glass funnels were taken out , filtered by suction and weighed . the swelling ratios ( w / w 0 ) found were recorded as a function of time ( fig1 ). to estimate maximal metal - sorption capacities , 0 . 5 g of the polymer samples were contacted separately with 50 ml of tampone buffer solution ( ph = 4 . 3 ) containing 10 . 0 mmol of the metal salts ( cucl 2 . 2h 2 o , cocl 2 . 6h 2 o , cd ( no 3 ) 2 . 4h 2 o , nicl 2 . 6h 2 o , cr ( no 3 ) 3 9h 2 o , fecl 3 . 6h 2 o ), which is a 2 . 50 - fold excess of the theoretical capacity . the mixtures were stirred for 30 min ., filtered and washed with distilled water . the filtrates and washings were combined and made up to the levels of 250 ml in volumetric flasks . metal ion contents of these solutions were assayed by atomic absorption spectroscopy . on differentiation of the metal contents , between starting and interacted solutions , the amounts of sorbed metal ions were calculated and tabulated as shown in fig1 ( table 2 ). anion - binding capacities of the crosslinked polymer were determined by direct interaction of the metal salts . in these experiments tampone solutions were deliberately not used to avoid any possible interference coming from the components of the tampone . cd ( no 3 ) 2 . 4h 2 o , cucl 2 . 2h 2 o , niso 4 . 6h 2 o and cd ( ch 3 coo ) 2 . 4h 2 o were used as nitrate , chloride , sulphate and acetate anion sources . non - sorbed anion concentrations of the interacted solutions were determined by classical analytical procedures . sorbed amounts were calculated in similar fashion . chloride ion was determined gravimetrically as agcl by addition of 0 . 1 m agno 3 solution in presence of 0 . 5 ml conc . hno 3 . sulphate ion was determined gravimetrically by precipitation as baso 4 . for determination of nitrate and acetate , cd ( ii ) was first precipitated as cadmium sulphide by bubbling h 2 s , through the dilute solutions . the filtered solutions were refluxed to remove trace of h 2 s , then the resulting hno 3 and ch 3 cooh were determined by conductometric titrations with 0 . 1 m naoh solution . simple batch kinetic experiments for metal sorptions were performed as follows : a 0 . 5 g sample of the crosslinked polymer was soaked into a 50 ml solution of one of the metal salts , which were prepared previously by mixing 25 ml tampone buffer solution [ acetic acidsodium acetate , ( ph = 4 . 3 )] with 25 ml of metal ion solutions in 0 . 024 m concentrations . aliquots ( 1 . 0 ml ) of the solutions were taken at appropriate time intervals while stirring and transferred into volumetric flasks through filter papers . the filtrates and washings were combined and made up to 50 ml . metal contents were assayed by atomic absorbtion spectroscopy . the relevant data for different metal ions are shown in fig1 . then , ph dependent metal - sorbtions were performed by interacting 0 . 5 g polymer samples with the metal ion solutions ( 2 . 0 mmol metal ion in 50 ml of each tampone buffer solution ). the mixtures were stirred for 30 min . at room temperature . the ph &# 39 ; s of the tampone buffer solutions ( sodium citrate - hcl or sodium acetate - acetic acid ) were 1 . 00 , 1 . 70 , 2 . 40 , 3 . 60 , 4 . 30 . the ph values were chosen below 5 . 0 to avoid any metal hydroxide precipitation . small fluctuations were observed in ph values during the experiments . for this reason , the referenced ph values were taken at the end of each experiment . unreacted metal ion contents of the used solutions were found by determination of the metal ion concentrations of the diluted solutions of the 1 . 0 ml aliquots . the sorbed amounts were calculated similarly . the sorbed amounts per gram resin were plotted as a function of ph , as shown in fig1 . metal ions were recovered by decomplexation of the metal ions from the loaded samples by treating with 50 ml 1 m hcl for 30 min . after filtering , concentrations of the stripped metal ions were determined by aas . for comparison , the stripped and sorbed metal contents of the same samples are listed in fig1 ( table 2 ). after first treatment with hcl solutions , metal sorbed polymer samples remain colored which means the decomplexations have not been completed . for this reason , the acid treatment processes were repeated three times at least . then , to obtain the polymer samples in free - amine form , they were treated with 50 ml of 2 m naoh solutions . the filtered samples were washed with excess distilled water and 20 ml of ethanol . the resulting regenerated polymer is in free - amine form and ready for use in the next cycle . again , violent explosions can occur when contacting small amounts of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine , especially when used without solvent . the reaction is believed to proceed in two steps , ii ) condensation of amine with the halogenide group . obviously the first step is fast and responsible for the explosions . the present invention takes advantage of the fact that this drawback can be overcome by using liquid paraffin or toluene as dispersing phase . the ring opening step can be performed safely by a careful addition of epichlorohydrin to the mixture of ethylenediamine , n - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidone and liquid paraffin at 0 ° c . at the end of the heating step a crosslinked resinous polymer is obtained as particles . the particles tend not to be spherical . nitrous acid tests indicate that the product contains practically no primary amine groups and the whole structure consists essentially of secondary amine segments . there is a characteristic test for aliphatic primary amines that amines turn rapidly into alcohols with a simultaneous nitrogen evolution . this method is referred to as the van - slyke method which is being used for quantitative analysis of amino acids [ 25 ]. in a recent paper , it has been pointed out that , secondary amines are less reactive than primary amines in the ring opening of epoxides [ 26 ]. this report is in accordance with the above result . in the ir spectra ( with kbr disc ) of the polymer , n -- h stretching vibrations which are expected to appear in 3200 - 3400 cm - 1 range are not distinguished clearly , due to superposition of the broad o -- h stretching bands at the same frequencies . but the band observed at 1580 cm - 1 can be attributed to n -- h plane bending vibrations . swelling characteristics of the polymer have similarities to those of polyelectrolyte gels . being a cationic hydrogel , in acid conditions polymer segments tend to expand due to increasing ionization . this factor is important , and affects the rate of regeneration . this is because , during the regeneration by acid treatment , expansion of the polymer segments may provide a fast decomplexation . but diffusion of the desorbing metal ions from the swollen structure becomes difficult . for this reason the polymers whose swelling rates do not change so much in different ph &# 39 ; s are preferred , to conduct the regenerations at reliable rates . in this example , the percentage difference of the swelling ratios in ph : 2 and ph : 5 . 5 is about 6 % ( see fig1 ), a small difference . not all amino groups in the crosslinked polymer participate in complexing with metal ions . inevitably , some portion of amines remains unreacted . to represent intrinsic activity of the polymer we have introduced a new quantity , &# 34 ; accessible amine content &# 34 ;. this can be found by treating the polymer sample with excess hcl solution and back - titration of the excess acid with naoh solution . in this example , accessible amine content was found to be 11 . 4 ( mmol / g dry resin ). this corresponds to 67 . 7 % of the theoretical amine content . see fig1 ( table 2 ). under ideal conditions , four or six amino groups may coordinate with one metal ion , to give planar , tetrahedral or octahedral complexes ; with the ligands in crosslinked polymers , to attain such high coordinations is quite difficult due to restriction of the chain flexibilities . in the present case , for a true coordination , at least two amino groups must coordinate with one metal ion , because , once a metal ion attaches to one of the amino group , the neighboring amino group in 1 , 2 diaminoethane unit also gets involved in coordination due to formation of stable five - membered chelate . maximum loading experiments show in fig1 ( table 2 ) indicates that , ( accessible amine content )/( metal ion ) ratios are about 2 : 1 for fe ( iii ) and cr ( iii ) ions and 3 . 5 - 4 for cu ( ii ), ni ( ii ) and co ( ii ) ions . this result generally establishes the above principle . as a consequence , formation of tris chelates is prohibited by sterical factors and the most plausible types of metal complexation must be those of fig1 a , 13c , or 13e . but the situation still remains quite complicated , due to different behavior of metal ions . for instance fe ( iii ) and cr ( iii ) precipitate as fe ( oh ) 3 and cr ( oh ) 3 respectively , in the presence of ethylenediamine in water . so interaction with fe ( iii ) may run in accordance with fig1 e . but in case for cu ( ii ) both types of interaction are possible because , with ethylenediamine , cu ( ii ) forms both free cu ( oh ) 2 and chelated cu ( en )( oh ) 2 depending on concentration of ethylenediamine . so chelation of cu ( ii ) with the polymeric ligand may be as in fig1 b or 13e . in general metal uptake occurs by chelate formation or precipitation of metal hydroxides on the surface of polymer particles . kinetic experiments indicate that metal sorbtions are reasonably fast and equilibria establish within 30 - 35 min . at ph = 4 . 3 ( fig1 ). regarding ph dependent metal sorbtions ( fig1 ), it can be deduced that it is not practical to separate any metal ion from the mixtures selectively . further , the amounts of sorbed metal ions increase with increasing ph . a very important feature of the polymer of the present invention is its anion binding ability . this might be thought of as analogous to the complexing behavior of monomeric ethylenediamine . by a series of experiments we have clearly demonstrated that cl - , so - 2 4 , no - 3 anions are bonded to the polymer at high levels , as shown in fig1 ( table 3 ). these experiments were deliberately carried out without using tampone buffer solutions to avoid probable interference arising from the tampone components , because the anions of the tampone may be competitive in the sorption of other anions . in a comparison of the sorbed anion contents with accompanying metal cations , their ratios are almost the same as in their free salts ( for the anions studied ). the metal ions were eluted and recovered by leaching with 1 m hcl solutions . this process provides decomplexation of the metal ions sorbed . with the exception of cd ( ii ) decomplexations are visually followed by disappearance of their characteristic colors , while the aqua solutions become colored . however , at 30 min . it was observed that polymer particles remain colored , which means the decomplexation process was not complete . indeed the metal contents of the resulting acid solutions are 10 - 40 % of the sorbed amounts . to speed up the decomplexations more concentrated acid ( 5 m ) solutions were used . however , the effect was reversed in the case of fe ( iii ) and cr ( iii ) ions . this can be ascribed to an anionic complex - forming ability of cr ( iii ) ions which can be bound to minimum cations as complex salts [ 27 ]. we found that a suitable way of desorbtion is to repeat the leaching by acids in moderate concentrations ( 1 m ). the crosslinked polymer presented has high metal - uptake abilities . being an all amine - ligating polymer , it sorbs metal ions by forming cationic complexes which carry counter anions for cucl 2 , cd ( no 3 ) 2 , cd ( ch 3 coo ) 2 and niso 4 salts . being also an anion binder , this polymer provides a means of a complete removal of some transition metal salts from aqua solutions . hydrophilicity of the structure does not change during complexation due to formation of charged metal complexes and this results in high metal - uptakes . the used polymer was recycled several times and retained full activity . hydrolytical stability of simple aliphatic amines implies that the polymer can be recycled many times without loosing its original activity . as a consequence , due to its anion binding ability this material is superior to classical ion exchangers and should prove very useful for water purification . a further aspect of the invention involves a polymeric sorbent which is especially useful for nitrite ions separations . an epoxy - amine resin obtained by suspension polycondensation of ethylenediamine with epichlorohydrin contains practically no primary amino groups , essentially only secondary amino groups . the hydrochloride form of the resin is extremely efficient and highly selective in removal of nitrite ions from aqua solutions , even at very low concentrations . nitrite binding occurs through formation of n - nitroso groups . the nitrite - loaded resin can be regenerated by concentrated acid solutions , without losing its reactivity . an aspect of the present invention is to remove nitrite ions from aqua solutions by using crosslinked polymers possessing mostly secondary amine groups . for this purpose a suitable polymer should be regenerable . it was found that an insoluble polymer obtained by reaction of ethylenediamine with epichlorohydrin contain practically no primary amino groups and meets the above requirements . the use of the epoxy - amine polymer and its nitrite sorption kinetics have been investigated . desorption of nitrite ions from the loaded polymer and regeneration conditions have been studied . all the chemicals were analytical grade chemical products : ethylenediamine ( merck ), epichlorohydrin ( fluka ), nano 2 ( merck ), trisodium citrate ( merck ). the 2 , 7 - dihydroxy napthalene ( merck ) was crystallized from alcohol before use . first , 50 ml of liquid paraffin was placed in a 250 ml volume two - necked flask equipped with a reflux condenser and a dropping funnel . the whole system was immersed in an ice bath . 10 ml ( 0 . 15 mol ) ethylenediamine was added to the flask . while stirring with a magnetic stirring bar ( 350 - 400 rpm ), 12 . 9 ml ( 0 . 165 mol ) epichlorohydrin was added cautiously to the mixture through a dropping funnel . a white flocculent occurred after about 45 min stirring . stirring was continued for another 18 h at room temperature . then the mixture was heated to 70 ° c . for 3 h . solid particles which precipitated were filtered and washed with 30 ml toluene . the product was dispersed in 30 ml toluene and refluxed for 30 minute to remove paraffin residues , filtered , and washed with ethanol and water . to obtain hcl - free resin the product was transferred into 50 ml of ( 5 %) naoh solution and stirred for 2 h . after filtration , the white - yellow product was washed with excess of water and 20 ml of ethanol and dried at 50 ° c . for 24 h . under vacuo . the yield was 15 . 7 g ( 86 . 0 %). accessible amine content was determined according to the procedure described above and elsewhere [ 30 ]. for this purpose , 0 . 1722 g . of the resin sample was soaked into 25 ml of 1m hcl solution and left in contact overnight , while being stirred in a closed bottle . the excess of unreacted acid was titrated conductimetrically with 0 . 1 m naoh solution . the accessible amine content was calculated as 11 . 9 mmol nh 2 / g resin . disc shaped sample with a diameter of 1 cm and 3 . 3 mm thickness was prepared from 0 . 25 g dry polymer , by an ir pellet sampler under 10 tons / cm 2 of pressure . the disc was placed in a 100 ml volume sintered glass funnel , which was in a closed bottle containing 150 ml of acidified solution ( ph = 2 ) which was adjusted by adding hcl solution . the level of solution was adjusted so that the upper level was 5 cm higher than that of the sample . the bottle was sealed to prevent co 2 uptake which might cause shifts in ph . the sample was allowed to stand in contact with solution for 6 weeks at room temperature . from time to time the glass funnel was taken out , filtered by suction , and weighed . the swelling ratio ( w / w 0 ) was found to be 14 . 3 . nitrite ion concentrations were determined by a colorimetric method which is described above and elsewhere [ 31 ]. this method is based on absorption measurements at 440 nm , which is characteristic for the nitroso derivative of 2 , 7 - napthalenediol in acid solutions . in order to estimate maximum nitrite - loading capacity of the resin , a 0 . 5 g . resin sample was contacted with 30 ml of 15 % hcl solution and left overnight . the swollen polymer was decanted and washed many times with distilled water . then it was transferred into 50 ml of 0 . 6 m nano 2 solution , in which total amount of nitrite was about a 10 % excess of the theoretical amine content . the mixture was stirred for 24 h at room temperature . the concentration of the nitrite ion remaining unreacted in the solution was determined colorimetrically . sorbed nitrite content was calculated by differentiating nitrite contents of the starting and final solutions . nitrite - loading capacity of the resin was found to be 11 . 7 mmol / g dry resin . kinetics of nitrite sorption was performed by a simple batch experiment as follows : 0 . 5 g sample of the polyamine resin was soaked into 50 ml of 0 . 2 m nano 2 solution . while stirring gently at appropriate times , aliquots were transferred into volumetric flasks by filtering . the sample solutions were diluted properly and their nitrite concentrations were assayed colorimetrically . the sorbed amounts were calculated by differentiating nitrite contents of the starting and final solutions . first , 0 . 5 g of the resin sample was acidified as described above and interacted with 50 ml of 32 . 5 ppm no 2 solution . then , 2 ml aliquots were taken out at appropriate time intervals and their nitrite contents were assayed similarly . variation of nitrite concentration of the solution was plotted as a function of time ( fig1 .) in concentrated acid solutions n - nitroso groups decompose to give nitrous acid . however , in acid solutions nitrous acid tends to escape as nitrogen oxides . to prevent nitrous acid escaping , a modified version of libermann &# 39 ; s qualitative method was used for quantitative determination of nitrous acid . for this purpose the desorption process was performed in acidified solution of 2 , 7 - napthalenediol which serves as a trapping agent so that the nitrous acid is fixed as soon as it is liberated from the polymer . in the procedure , 50 mg of the loaded polymer is added to a 50 ml volume of 3m hcl solution containing 1 . 2 mmol 2 , 7 - napthalenediol in a closed bottle . the mixture becomes red in a few minutes due to formation of 1 - nitroso - 2 , 7 - napthalenediol . the mixture is stirred for 24 h at room temperature . then , a 2 ml aliquot is used for direct determination of the nitrous acid content . this determination reveals that nitrite ion content of the desorbing solution is 76 % of the expected value . it is observed that heating for 3 h in 15 % hcl solution is enough for a complete decomposition of n - nitroso groups . at the end of the desorption process the polymer is regenerated and becomes free of nitroso groups . as noted above , synthesis of some epoxy - amine polymers from ethylenediamine and epichlorohydrin has been described in some patent literatures [ 32 , 33 ]. the reaction of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine is exothermic and severe explosions occur even when few milliliters of the reagents are contacted . the reaction can be achieved safely by suspension polycondensation using liquid paraffin as continuous phase , at about 0 ° c . thermal curing of the precipitated polymer at 80 ° c . for 6 h gives rise to an insoluble resin . the reaction is believed to occur in two steps , i ) ring opening of the epoxy group , and ii ) condensation through the chloromethyl group . excess of epichlorohydrin leads to crosslinking as shown in fig4 . to reinforce previous observations , nitrous acid test indicates that the product contains practically no primary amino groups . this result seems to be surprising . however , in a recent study it has been demonstrated that reactivity of primary amines toward epoxides is higher than that of the secondary amines [ 34 ]. hence , the product consists essentially of secondary and tertiary amino groups . swelling ratio of the resin in 1m hcl solution is about 14 . 3 ( w / w 0 ). acidified resin reacts with nitrite ions in aqua solutions to form n - nitroso compounds as shown in fig1 . during this process the swelled resin sample shrinks and becomes light yellow in color . nitrite loading capacity of the resin was found to be 11 . 7 mmol per g of hcl - free sample . this amount is 85 . 0 % of the theoretical secondary amine content . in the ft - ir spectra of the nitroso - ated polymer , characteristic n -- o stretching vibration is exhibited at 1490 cm - 1 ( fig2 ). kinetic experiments indicated that , in about 20 minutes , 90 % of the nitrite content of the solution is consumed ( fig1 ). this amount is almost equal to the maximum sorption - capacity of the polymer . also the polymer is quite sensitive to trace quantities . fig1 represents that upon interacting 0 . 5 g of the acidified the polymer sample with 50 ml of nitrite solution , 32 . 5 ppm concentration closes to zero in about 20 minutes . hence , nitrite binding of the polymer is reasonably fast and the equilibrium establishes in about 20 minutes . the nitrite - loaded polymer decomposes in acid solutions to give nitrous acid . hcl salts of the secondary amine groups remain on the polymer . this process is the basis of the regeneration procedure . however , even in concentrated acid solutions ( 3m ) desorption of the nitrite ions from the polymer does not go to completion at room temperature for 24 h . for a quantitative desorption , heating for 3 h . with 15 % hcl solution is satisfactory . in this way the used polymer becomes regenerated . ft - ir spectra of the regenerated sample show almost the same pattern as those of the original sample . a simple test on the regenerated polymer shows that is nitrite - sorption capacity is very close to that of the original polymer sample . this is understandable because its structure does not contain hydrolyzable linkages in the main chain . according to studies relating with metal uptakes , some metal ions capable of anionic complexes , ( especially in higher oxidation states such as fe ( iii ) or cr ( iii )) can be sorbed as complex salts through ammonium cations in concentrated acid solutions , which might interfere with nitrite sorption . but in previous reports it has been asserted that this type of complexation is favored in high acid concentrations [ 35 ]. in the present invention the hcl form of the polymer is used and the ph of the solution during the nitrite sorption is between 3 . 2 - 6 . 4 . this is not suitable for sorption of those kinds of metal ions . as a consequence , the polymeric sorbent of the present invention is highly selective for nitrite ions in the conditions disclosed . its efficiency for trace quantities and regenerability makes it promising material for water purification . its use in packed columns requires only taking into account or controlling swelling . this approach can be extended to the other polymeric materials possessing mainly secondary amine functions . some non - epoxy , non - thio variations of the ethyleneimine - containing resins of the invention are also effective for separations and purifications . these include resins with a polystyrene backbone , sulfonated , and reacted to contain oligoethyleneimine pendent groups . for example , as shown in fig2 a , one can begin with crosslinked polystyrene , preferably in the form of 200 - 400 micron - size beads , which are readily available commercially . treatment with chlorosulfonic acid produces a chlorosulfonated polystyrene resin . replacing the chlorine moiety with one of the oliogoethyleneimines such as ethylenediamine ( eda ), diethylenetriamine ( deta ), trimethylenetetramine ( teta ), tetraethylenepentamine ( tepa ) and pentaethylenehexamine ( peha ) results in a novel , useful resin and a starting material for various modifications to obtain novel polymeric sorbents . fig2 a and 21b show , schematically , the results with peha and tepa , respectively . these are the preferred basal sulfonamide materials for the present invention , and are referred to below as p - a and p - b , respectively . useful modifications of these basal forms include , for example , the resins schematically disclosed in fig2 c , 21d , and 21e . fig2 c shows treatment of the oligoethyleneimine pendant group with formaldehyde and phosphorous acid to form the resin labeled &# 34 ; p - c &# 34 ;. fig2 d shows similar treatment , with formaldehyde and formic acid , to form the resin labeled &# 34 ; p - d &# 34 ;, by the eisweiler - clarck process . this compound is an efficient sorbent of mustard gas ( dichlorodiethyl sulfide .) methylating / quaternizing p - d gives the compound labeled p - e in fig2 e , which is a strong basic anion exchanger . the basal material itself is believed to be novel but easily synthesized on a commercial scale . it is very efficient in metal ion uptake from aqua solutions . it is superior to a classical ion exchanger because it can sorb not only metal cations but also their accompanying anions . so it provides a complete purification of water . the resin has unique properties . it has been found by the applicant to be useful in selective extraction of aldehydes from organic mixtures . it has surprising advantages over common methods such as liquid - liquid extraction , distillation and so on . by providing ease of separation , its usage can reduce investment capital and processing expenses . using this resin , as with its above - described analogs , it is possible to pick up aldehydes selectively . recovery of the sorbed aldehydes can be as simple a process as washing with dilute mineral acids . another application of the material in removal of nitrite ions from aqua solutions effectively . nitrite removal from water is becoming very important , since nitrite ions are very harmful to human beings , being very reactive towards biomolecules and being extremely potent carcinogens . its presence in drinking water , even in 1 ppm concentrations , has been strictly forbidden by health authorities all over the world . but , unfortunately , due to widespread exploitation of nitrogen - containing fertilizers , nitrite contamination is substantially increasing in water sources . it is produced by bacteriological fermentation of fertilizers such as urea , nitrates and ammonium compounds in soil . these and other resins of the present invention satisfy a continuing and long - 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