Adsorption and interaction of 5-fluorouracil with montmorillonite and saponite by FT-IR spectroscopy

Adsorption of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on montmorillonite and saponite has been investigated using FT-IR spectrometry. The intercalation of 5-FU within montmorillonite or saponite has been shown by X-ray diffraction to increase the interlayer spacing. In order to investigate interaction of 5-FU with clays, the harmonic and anharmonic vibrational wavenumbers of free 5-FU and 5-FU interacting with Al(OH)3 have been calculated at the DFT/B3LYP level with 6-31++G(d,p) basis set by using Gaussian 03 program set. The solution effect on 5-FU was also calculated by using polarizable continuum model (PCM). Experimental and calculated results indicated that 5-FU interacted with clays by direct or indirect coordination (through water molecules) to the Lewis acidic centers.