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Study of interaction and adsorption of aromatic amines by manganese oxides and their role in chemical evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Brij Bhushan ,
Arunima Nayak  and
Kamaluddin
Brij Bhushan*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Graphic Era University, Dehradun-248002 (U.K.), India
Arunima Nayak
Affiliation:
IRIS Research-Engineering-Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
Kamaluddin
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667 (U.K.), India
*
e-mail: brijbhushaniitr@gmail.com
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Abstract

The role of manganese oxides in concentrating organic moieties and offering catalytic activity for prebiotic reactions is investigated by studying their interaction with different aromatic amines such as aniline, p-chloroaniline, p-toluidine and p-anisidine. For all amines, metal oxides showed highest adsorption at neutral pH. The order of their adsorption capacity and affinity as revealed by the Langmuir constants was found to be manganosite (MnO) > bixbyite (Mn2O3) > hausmannite (Mn3O4) > and pyrolusite (MnO2). At alkaline pH, these manganese oxides offered their surfaces for oxidation of amines to form coloured oligomers. Analysis of the oxidation products by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry showed the formation of a dimer from p-anisidine and p-chloroaniline, while a trimer and tetramer is formed from p-toluidine and aniline, respectively. A reaction mechanism is proposed for the formation of the oligomers. While field-emission scanning electron microscopic studies confirm the binding phenomenon, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis suggests that the mechanism of binding of amines on the manganese oxides was primarily electrostatic. The adsorption behaviour of the studied aromatic amines followed the order: p-anisidine > p-toluidine > aniline > p-chloroaniline, which is related to the basicities and structure of the amines. Our studies confirmed the significance of the role of manganese oxides in prebiotic chemistry.

Keywords

adsorptionaromatic aminesmanganese oxidesprebiotic chemistry
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 143 - 155
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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