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Synthesis a microporous organic gelator and evaluation of organic solvents gelling properties and the separation of crude oil products from water

Journal: Materials Letters (0167577X)Year: 2020/02/01Volume: 260Issue:
Yousofi T. Moradi Z. Hoshyarmanesh P.Rahmati A.a
DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126909Language: English

Abstract

A new supramolecular and microporous organic gelator, 1-(6-isocyanato)-3-octadecylureahexyl-N-formyl supported on melamine-terephthaldehyde microporous organic framework (1,4-DMB@4Mel@8(ODUHNF)), has been synthesized that has a hydrophobic great tail, many urea functional groups and aromatic ring moieties. It is able to gelate some of organic solvents, especially substituted aromatic compounds in monophasic systems at very low concentrations. Moreover, gelator exhibits high gelation ability for crude oil products (gas, kerosene and diesel) in mono- and bi-phasic systems at very low concentrations. Interestingly, the gelator can be used in five runs of gelation processes without any reduction of its performance. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.


Author Keywords

Crude oilMicroporous compoundsOrganic gelatorSeparation

Other Keywords

Aromatic compoundsCrude oilGelationOrganic solventsSeparationUreaGelation processGelling propertiesLow concentrationsMicroporousMonophasic systemsOrganic gelatorSubstituted aromaticUrea functional groupsMicroporosity