Computations between Metallocalix[4]arene Host and a Series of Four Oil-Based Fuel Pollutant Guests

  • SHAHABUDDIN MEMON National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro-76080, Pakistan
  • DHRUV A. PATHAK Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061 USA
  • NICOLE C. STREET Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061 USA
  • D. MAX ROUNDHILL Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061 USA
  • MUSTAFA YILMAZ Department of Chemistry, Seluk University, Konya 42031, Turkey
  • M. I. BHANGER National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro-76080, Pakistan

Abstract

Calculations using PM3 and mechanics methods on metallocalix[4]arene hosts (1-10) and substituted dibenzothiophene guests (A-D), which are generally known as oil-based fuel pollutants, show that host-guest formation is energetically favored. Calculations have been carried out for both 1/1 and 1/4 ratios of host/guest. There is no direct bonding between the metal center of the host and the sulfur of the guest in the host-guest complex. Sterically hindered dibenzothiophene guests show similar energies to the unhindered analogs. For calix[4]arenes (5-10) in partial cone conformations and having hydrogen rather than p-tert-butyl groups on the wide rim, host-guest formation occurs within the narrow rim rather than the wide rim. Host-guest association appears to occur via - interactions between host and guest phenyl groups rather than via metal-sulfur bonding. The study has importance especially in oil refining to obtain environmentally safe fuel oils and help supramolecular chemists in designing and synthesizing more sophisticated host molecules for the removal of sulfur from crude oil / refinery oil.

Published
Dec 1, 2006
How to Cite
MEMON, SHAHABUDDIN et al. Computations between Metallocalix[4]arene Host and a Series of Four Oil-Based Fuel Pollutant Guests. Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 8, dec. 2006. ISSN 2221-5255. Available at: <https://pjaec.pk/index.php/pjaec/article/view/150>. Date accessed: 10 dec. 2023.
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Vol 7 No 1 (2006): Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry
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