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Removal of methyl orange wastewater by Ugi multicomponent reaction functionalized UiO-66-NS

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The efficient and rapid removal of organic dyes from wastewater remains a complex and challenging task. In this study, UiO-66-NH2 was prepared by solvothermal synthesis, and then, UiO-66-NS was prepared by compounding l-cysteine with UiO-66-NH2 via the Ugi reaction for the efficient removal of methyl orange. UiO-66-NS was prepared by the addition of 1 mmol l-cysteine and showed good adsorption of methyl orange with 92.00% removal. Pseudo-second-order kinetics and Langmuir isotherms more accurately described the adsorption process of UiO-66-NS on methyl orange, which indicated that the adsorption process was dominated by monolayer adsorption of chemical reactions, and the maximum adsorption amounts of UiO-66-NS on methyl orange were 242.72 mg/g at 298 K. In addition, UiO-66-NS exhibited ultrahigh stability in acidic, neutral, and alkaline media (pH = 3–10), but its adsorption of methyl orange after 5 cycles was only 59.53% of the maximum adsorption amount. The adsorption mechanism is primarily electrostatic adsorption of UiO-66-NS with methyl orange, hydrogen bonding, and π-π interactions. This atomically economical Ugi multicomponent reaction provides new ideas for the preparation of structurally designable adsorbents with excellent performance.

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This study was supported by the NSFC (Grant Number 21607113), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (Grant Number 17JCQNJC07700), and the National Key Research and Development Program-China (Grant Number 2017YFE0127200).

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    Qi Liu, Guo-Long Zang & Quan Zhao

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Qi Liu: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, resources, data curation, writing—review and editing, visualization. Guolong Zang: conceptualization, writing—review and editing, supervision, formal analysis, project administration, funding acquisition. Quan Zhao: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, supervision.

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Liu, Q., Zang, GL. & Zhao, Q. Removal of methyl orange wastewater by Ugi multicomponent reaction functionalized UiO-66-NS. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 76833–76846 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21175-0

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