Abstract: 2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (2-MPA), 2-methyl-4-chlorophenxyacetic acid (MCPA) and 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA) were imprinted to investigate the cross-selectivities of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). The result indicates that 2-MPA, which is similar in shape, size and functionality with phenoxyacetic herbicides, are suitable to be used as a suitable template to prepare the MIPs for retaining phenoxyacetic herbicides. To study the ion-pair interactions between template molecules and functional monomer 4-vinylpiridine (4-VP), computational molecular modeling was employed. The data indicate that the cross-selectivities of MIPs for phenoxyacetic acid herbicides depend on the binding energies of complexes
Template and target information: phenoxyacetic acids, 2-methylphenoxyacetic acid, 2-MPA, 2-methyl-4-chlorophenxyacetic acid, MCPA, 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid, 4-CPA
Author keywords: Molecularly imprinted polymers, 2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (2-MPA), Phenoxyacetic herbicides, molecular modeling