Clickable SBA-15 to screen functional groups for adsorption of antibiotics

Chem Asian J. 2014 Mar;9(3):908-14. doi: 10.1002/asia.201301349. Epub 2013 Nov 21.

Abstract

Pharmaceutical antibiotics, as emerging contaminants, are usually composed of several functional groups that endow them with the ability to interact with adsorbents through different interactions. This makes the preparation of adsorbents tedious and time-consuming to screen appropriate functionalized materials. Herein, we describe the synthesis of clickable SBA-15 and demonstrate its feasibility as a screening material for the adsorption of antibiotics based on similar adsorption trends on materials with similar functional groups obtained by a click reaction and cocondensation/grafting methods.

Keywords: adsorption; antibiotics; click chemistry; mesoporous materials; screening.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Click Chemistry*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemical synthesis*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • SBA-15
  • Silicon Dioxide