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Pyrogallol Transformations as Catalyzed by Nontronite, Bentonite, and Kaolinite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

M. C. Wang  and
P. M. Huang
M. C. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, Republic of China
P. M. Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0, Canada
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Abstract

The catalytic power of Ca-nontronite, Ca-bentonite, and Ca-kaolinite in promoting the abiotic ring cleavage of pyrogallol (1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene) and the associated formation of humic polymers was studied in systems free of microbial activity. The presence of Ca-kaolinite and especially Ca-nontronite in the pyrogallol solutions at pH 6.00 greatly enhanced the absorbance at both 472 and 664 nm of the supernatants. At an initial pH of 6.00 and at the end of a 90-hr reaction period, the amounts of CO2 released from the ring cleavage of pyrogallol and the yields of the resultant humic polymers formed in the reaction systems followed the same sequence: Ca-nontronite > Ca-kaolinite > Ca-bentonite. The data indicate that the catalytic power of Fe(III) on the edges and in the structure of nontronite was substantially greater than that of Al on the edges of kaolinite and montmorillonite and of a small amount of Fe(III) in the structure of montmorillonite in promoting the reactions. The infrared and electron spin resonance spectra and the solid-state, cross-polarization magic-angle-spinning 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of humic polymers formed in the reaction systems resembled those of natural humic substances.

Keywords

BentoniteCatalysisHumic polymersInfrared spectroscopyKaoliniteNontroniteNuclear magnetic resonancePyrogallol
Type
Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 525 - 531
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Copyright © 1989, The Clay Minerals Society

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