Date of Award
5-12-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Anindya Ghosh
Abstract
Tetraamido macrocyclic ligand activators are a group of catalysts that have been developed to perform green oxidation chemistries. In this thesis, the traditional synthesis of these catalysts was successfully altered to begin with natural amino acids, rather than the conventionally used synthetic derivatives of amino acids, which has never been shown in previous research. This was confirmed using a variety of characterization techniques including electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. One of these catalysts was utilized in several dye degradation studies, where it was determined that the catalyst can remove about 98% of methylene blue and indigo carmine pollutants from water within 45 minutes of reaction. The dye degradation occurs with an overall 2nd order rate of reaction. There is a 30% loss of total organic carbon from the solution by the end of reaction, the other 70% forms products as indicated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, with possibilities of diglycolic acid and N-benzylbenzamide.
Recommended Citation
Sanford, Karie, "Natural Amino Acid Derived Iron (III) Catalysts for Green Oxidation Chemistry Applications" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 1140.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/1140
