Glycerol Ethers as Hydrotropes and Their Use to Enhance the Solubility of Phenolic Acids in Water

resumo

The use of glycerol ethers (with alkyl side chains ranging from one to six methyl groups) as hydrotropes to enhance the solubility of gallic and syringic acids in water was here studied. These compounds were selected due to their biological and industrial applications and for serving as model molecules for lignin solubilization. The results obtained were compared against traditional cosolvents, demonstrating the exceptional hydrotropic ability of glycerol ethers. Setschenow constants show that the hydrophobicities of both solute and hydrotrope play an important role in the solubility enhancement by hydrotropy, shedding light into its molecular mechanism. The solubility curves of gallic acid and syringic acid in the aqueous glycerol ether solutions were fitted using a recently proposed statistical thermodynamics-based model. This allowed the estimation of solute recovery from hydrotropic solution by using water as the antisolvent. Unlike what is usually claimed it is here shown that in some conditions it is impossible to recover the solute by simply adding water. This analysis paves the way for a rational design and selection of hydrotropes, in which both solubility enhancement and solute recovery are critical parameters to be taken into account.

palavras-chave

GALLIC ACID; AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; PLUS WATER; GREEN; SOLVENTS; MIXTURES; ALTERNATIVES; ECOTOXICITY; LIGNIN

categoria

Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering

autores

Soares, BP; Abranches, DO; Sintra, TE; Leal-Duaso, A; Garcia, JI; Pires, E; Shimizu, S; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP

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agradecimentos

This work was developed within the scope of the projects CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020, and Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984 (ref. FCT UID/EQU/50020/2019), both financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate cofinanced by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. The NMR spectrometers are part of the National NMR Network (PTNMR) and are partially supported by Infrastructure Project No 022161 (cofinanced by FEDER through COMPETE 2020, POCI and PORL and FCT through PIDDAC). Financial support from Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion (project RTI2018093431-B-I00) and the Gobierno de Aragon (Group E37_17R) cofunded by FEDER 2014-2020 Construyendo Europa desde Aragon is acknowledged. Alejandro Leal-Duaso thanks the MECD for a FPU grant (FPU14/04338). Bruna P. Soares acknowledges FCT for her Ph.D. Grant SFRH/BD/138439/2018.

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