p-Toluenesulfonic Acid-Based Deep-Eutectic Solvents for Solubilizing Metal Oxides

By Nerea Rodriguez Rodriguez, L. Machiels, K. Binnemans. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019

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Combinations of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate with different hydrogen-bond acceptors (i.e., choline chloride, tetraethylammonium chloride, tetrabutylammonium chloride, betaine hydrochloride, β-alanine, tetrabutylphosphonium chloride, ethylammonium chloride, methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide, and benzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride) were tested for deep-eutectic solvent (DES) formation. Only p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate:choline chloride, p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate:tetrabutylammonium chloride, and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate:tetrabutylphosphonium chloride at a 1:1 molar ratio remained liquid at room temperature. The obtained deep-eutectic solvents were characterized by determining their density and viscosity as a function of temperature and their thermal operational window (i.e., decomposition temperature and melting point/glass transition temperature). Moreover, IR spectroscopy was used to elucidate the formation of hydrogen bonds. The solubility of different metal oxides in the ...

Subfields: Catalysis, Filtration and Separation, Materials Chemistry

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