Lamellar molybdenum oxide as a molecular sieve towards nitrogen containing molecules: intercalation compounds with pyridazine, acrylamid and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane

The synthesis and characterization (by CHN elemental analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, XRD diffractometry, thermogravimetry and SEM microscopy) of MoO(3) intercalation compounds with pyridazine (pdz), acrylamid (ald) and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (tham) is reported. Such investigation was performed taking into account the possible uses of molybdenum trioxide as a molecular sieve towards nitrogen containing compounds. It is verified that the affinity of MoO(3) towards the investigated species follows the sequence: ald congruent to > pdz.