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Computational investigation of carbon dioxide absorption in alkanolamine solutions

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We investigated CO2 absorption in aqueous alkanolamine solutions using density functional theory with dielectric continuum solvation models (SMD/IEF-PCM and COSMO-RS). We varied the alkyl chain length (m = 2, 3, 4) and the alcohol chain length (n = 2, 3, 4) in the alkanolamine structures, H(CH2) m NH(CH2) n OH. Using the SMD/IEF-PCM/B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and COSMO-RS/BP/TZVP levels of theory, our calculations predict that the product of CO2 absorption (carbamate or bicarbonate) is strongly affected by the alcohol length but does not differ significantly by varying the alkyl chain length. This prediction was confirmed experimentally by 13C-NMR. The observed sensitivity to the alcohol chain length can be attributed to hydrogen bonding effects. The intramolecular hydrogen bonds of HN · · · HO, NH2 + · · · OH, and NCOO− · · · HO induce ring structure formation in neutral alkanolamines, protonated alkanolamines, and carbamate anions, respectively. The results from our studies demonstrate that intramolecular hydrogen bonds play a key role in CO2 absorption reactions in aqueous alkanolamine solutions.

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This work was financially supported by the COURSE 50 project founded by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan.

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  1. Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0292, Japan

    Hidetaka Yamada, Firoz Chowdhury & Takayuki Higashii

  2. Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, 20-1 Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba, 293-8511, Japan

    Yoichi Matsuzaki

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Yamada, H., Matsuzaki, Y., Chowdhury, F. et al. Computational investigation of carbon dioxide absorption in alkanolamine solutions. J Mol Model 19, 4147–4153 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-012-1749-9

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