De Bruyn, Mario orcid.org/0000-0002-9687-1606, Budarin, Vitaliy L., Misefari, Antonio et al. (8 more authors) (2019) Geminal Diol of Dihydrolevoglucosenone as a Switchable Hydrotrope:A Continuum of Green Nanostructured Solvents. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. pp. 7878-7883. ISSN 2168-0485
Abstract
The addition of water to dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) creates a solvent mixture with highly unusual properties and the ability to specifically and efficiently solubilize a wide range of organic compounds, notably, aspirin, ibuprofen, salicylic acid, ferulic acid, caffeine, and mandelic acid. The observed solubility enhancement (up to 100-fold) can be explained only by the existence of microenvironments mainly centered on Cyrene's geminal diol. Surprisingly, the latter acts as a reversible hydrotrope and regulates the polarity of the created complex mixture. The possibility to tune the polarity of the solvent mixture through the addition of water, and the subsequent generation of variable amounts of Cyrene's geminal diol, creates a continuum of green solvents with controllable solubilization properties. The effective presence of microheterogenieties in the Cyrene/water mixture was adequately proven by (1) Fourier transform infrared/density functional theory showing Cyrene dimerization, (2) electrospray mass-spectrometry demonstrating the existence of dimers of Cyrene's geminal diol, and (3) the variable presence of single or multiple tetramethylsilane peaks in the 1 H NMR spectra of a range of Cyrene/water mixtures. The Cyrene-water solvent mixture is importantly not mutagenic, barely ecotoxic, bioderived, and endowed with tunable hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 American Chemical Society. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Biobased,Hydrotrope,Nanostructure,Solvents,Sustainable,Switchable |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2019 16:10 |
Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2024 00:16 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00470 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00470 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:145772 |
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