Journal article
Subtle Effects of Aliphatic Alcohol Structure on Water Extraction and Solute Aggregation in Biphasic Water/n‑Dodecane
Langmuir, Vol.33(15), pp.3776-3786
04/18/2017
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04657
PMID: 28375007
Abstract
Organic phase aggregation behavior of 1-octanol and its structural isomer, 2-ethylhexanol, in a biphasic n-dodecane–water system is studied with a combination of physical measurement, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and atomistic molecular dynamic simulations. Physical properties of the organic phases are probed following their mixing and equilibration with immiscible water phases. Studies reveal that the interfacial tension decreases as a function of increasing alcohol concentration over the solubility range of the alcohol with no evidence for a critical aggregate concentration (cac). An uptake of water into the organic phases is quantified, as a function of alcohol content, by Karl Fischer titrations. The extraction of water into dodecane was further assessed as a function of alcohol concentration via the slope-analysis method sometimes employed in chemical separations. This method provides a qualitative understanding of solute (water/alcohol) aggregation in the organic phase. The physical results are supported by analyses of SAXS data that reveals an emergence of aggregates in n-dodecane at elevated alcohol concentrations. The observed aggregate structure is dependent on the alcohol tail group geometry, consistent with surfactant packing parameter. The formation of these aggregates is discussed at a molecular level, where alcohol–alcohol and alcohol–water H-bonding interactions likely dominate the occurrence and morphology of the aggregates.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Subtle Effects of Aliphatic Alcohol Structure on Water Extraction and Solute Aggregation in Biphasic Water/n‑Dodecane
- Creators
- Andrew W Knight - University of IowaBaofu QiaoRenato ChiariziaGeoffroy FerruTori Forbes - University of IowaRoss J EllisL Soderholm
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Langmuir, Vol.33(15), pp.3776-3786
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04657
- PMID
- 28375007
- ISSN
- 0743-7463
- eISSN
- 1520-5827
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100006151, name: Basic Energy Sciences, award: DE-AC02- 06CH11357; DOI: 10.13039/100006210, name: Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/18/2017
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983985806802771
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