SYNTHESIS OF AMPHIPHILIE TEMPO DERIVATIVE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS OF AMPHIPHILIC ALKYL-TEMPOs AT THE AIR/WATER INTERFACE

Abstract

The amphiphilic TEMPO molecules consist of two dissimilar parts. One part is hydrophilic (head) and the rest part is hydrophobic (tail). The derivatives of 4-alkaneamino-2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy radical ( C n-amino-TEMPO, n = 14, 16, 18, 20, 22) was synthesized with 4-amino-TEMPO and carboxylic acid. The C n-amino-TEMPOs equilibrated at the air/water interface form Langmuir monolayer by classical Langmuir monolayer techniques. The stable monolayers of C 14-22-amino-TEMPOs were characterized by pressure–area isotherms. The features of collapse pressure of C 14-22-amino-TEMPOs were confirmed on alkyl chain length. Limiting area points and take-off area points from surface pressure-MMA isotherms were subjected to the influence of subphase. The monolayer of C 22-amino-TEMPO which has longer alkyl chain was characterized by Brewster Angle Microscopy. So we can confirm phase transition by BAM images as monolayer is expanding at the room temperature.