CHARACTERIZATION OF γ-AMINOPROPYL AND N-β(AMINOETHYL)γ-AMINOPROPYL GROUPS IMMOBILIZED ON SILICA GEL BY USING CMR SPECTROSCOPY

Abstract
The organofunctional groups immobilized on silica gel, NH2CH2CH2CH2Si-(silica) and NH2CH2CH2NHCH2CH2CH2Si-(silica), have been characterized by CMR spectroscopy in the suspended state. The carbon adjacent to silicon showed substantial low-field shift and T1 reduction as a result of immobilization. The microenvironment of these amino and diamino groups resembles that in the homogeneous phase in appropriate solvents, owing to the permissible segmental motion of the three-carbon chain.