Author(s)

Rawdah Whba^1,2*, Mohd Sukor Su’ait³, Azizan Ahmad^4,5*

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen.
²Department of Engineering Physics, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
³Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
⁴Department of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
⁵Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga University (Campus C), Surabaya, Indonesia.

This manuscript presents a dataset detailing a method for purifying monomers. Purification plays a crucial role in every chemical process, as it leads to an improvement in product quality through the removal of impurities. The primary method for monomer purification, like acrylonitrile (AN), is the distillation technique. However, this technique is unsafe and hard to set up or handle. A straightforward, risk-free, low-cost method like the column technique resolves these issues. A simple column technique demonstrated the successful execution of purifying AN. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analyses confirmed that AN was successfully purified, with purity reaching 99.8%. FTIR spectra revealed changes in the position and intensity of the stretching vibration peaks after purification. Also, the functional groups of the inhibitor monomethyl ether of hydroquinone (MeHQ) were undetected after purification. Furthermore, after purification, NMR spectra revealed the absence of aromatic protons and carbons associated with MeHQ. In conclusion, the column technique is a successful and inexpensive way to purify AN monomers. This makes it useful for a wide range of applications, especially in polymerization reactions where MeHQ needs to be removed to prevent self-polymerization during the initiation process.

Liquid Monomers, Acrylonitrile, Purification, Inhibitor, Simple Column

Whba, R. , Su’ait, M. and Ahmad, A. (2024) An Affordable and Easily Accessible Approach for Acrylonitrile Monomer Purification through a Simple Column Technique. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 12, 18-28. doi: 10.4236/msce.2024.124002.