A versatile and recyclable molecularly imprinted polymer as an oxidative catalyst of sulfur derivatives: a new possible method for mustard gas and V nerve agent decontamination

Sophie Mohamed; Sébastien Balieu; Emilie Petit; Ludovic Galas; Damien Schapman; Julie Hardouin; Rachid Baati; François Estour

doi:10.1039/c9cc04928b

A versatile and recyclable molecularly imprinted polymer as an oxidative catalyst of sulfur derivatives: a new possible method for mustard gas and V nerve agent decontamination

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 31;55(88):13243-13246. doi: 10.1039/c9cc04928b.

Authors

Sophie Mohamed¹, Sébastien Balieu¹, Emilie Petit¹, Ludovic Galas², Damien Schapman², Julie Hardouin³, Rachid Baati⁴, François Estour¹

Affiliations

¹ Normandie Univ., INSA Rouen, UNIROUEN, CNRS, COBRA (UMR 6014 & FR3038), 76000 Rouen, France. francois.estour@univ-rouen.fr.
² Normandie Univ., Inserm, UNIROUEN, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Rouen, France.
³ Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, UMR-6270, CNRS, IRIB, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
⁴ Université de Strasbourg, ICPEES, UMR CNRS 7515, 67087 Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 31620710
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04928b

Abstract

A molecularly imprinted polymer containing a porphyrin unit was developed as a biomimetic heterogenous catalyst for the oxidation of sulfur derivatives. Its catalytic efficiency under mild conditions and its easy recovery represent a great asset for the design of new decontamination tools for yperite and VX.