Synthesis of a Nanoporous Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Dibutyl Phthalate Extracted from Trichoderma Harzianum

In this study, molecularly imprinted polymers were synthesized for dibutyl phthalate as a bioactive chemical compound with antifungal activity which produced by trichoderma harzianum (jx1738521). the molecularly imprinted polymers were synthesized via precipitation polymerization method from methacrylic acid, dibutyl phthalate and trimetylolpropantrimethacrylate as a functional monomer, template and cross-linker, respectively. after removal of the template by the eluent from the mips, the leached nanoparticles of the mips had a good binding capacity as equal 830 mg/g. the polymer particles have been evaluated by field emission scan electron microscopy and brunauer–emmett– teller techniques. the excellent specific surface area in the molecularly imprinted polymers as equal to 690.301 m²/g comparatively to nonimprinted polymers (ca. 89.894 m²/g), confirms that the nanoporous mips were synthesized, successfully. the results indicated that the nanoporous mips can be used in solid phase extraction. this is a novel method for separation of the bioactive compounds from fungi secondary metabolites in biological control.