Facile Preparation of Phenyboronic-Acid-Functionalized Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Selective Adsorption of Ortho-Dihydroxy-Containing Compounds

A new facile strategy was designed to prepare the phenyboronic acid-functionalized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4@PBA) via direct silanization and thiol-ene click chemistry for the selective adsorption of ortho-dihydroxy-containing compounds. The three kinds of Fe3O4@PBA nanoparticles obtained showed excellent adsorption capacity and selectivity for ortho-dihydroxy-containing compounds including adenosine and o-dihydroxybenzene. Among them, the Fe3O4@MPS@MPBA exhibited the highest adsorption capacity and selectivity for adenosine and o-dihydroxybenzene, followed by Fe3O4@MPTES@AAPBA and Fe3O4@MPTES@VPBA. A synthesis method of superparamagnetic and boronate affinity nanocomposites with mild reaction conditions and simple process has been developed, which also provides a novel way for the synthesis of other types of enrichment materials of ortho-dihydroxy-containing compounds.