Aqueous solvents

With the ever increasing awareness of the need of environment protection, the emission of solvent vapors and organic fumes into the atmosphere should be prevented by treating the exhaust through a proper scmbber. The solvent used for cleaning the reactor is usually consumed as part of the thinning solvent. Aqueous effluent should be properly treated before discharge. 

In situ gravimetry on polyaniline has revealed a complicated dependence of solvent content and transport of the solvent (aqueous or nonaqueous) on pH.187 Two to three water molecules per electron can be inserted during oxidation in strongly acid solutions, while in propylene carbonate, less than one solvent molecule is involved. Propylene carbonate is first ejected from the film during oxidation, then inserted, and finally ejected again in the final stages. 

To provide a more generalized picture for achieving separations by solvent extraction one can consider a number of possibilities, according to direction of transfer. Such possibilities are (i) pre-extraction (aqueous — solvent) (ii) extraction (aqueous — solvent), scrubbing (solvent —> aqueous) (iii) stripping/back extraction (solvent — aqueous) and (iv) solvent clean up (solvent —> aqueous — solvent). The direction of transfer has been shown in the parentheses of the four possibilities that have been listed. A reference to Figure 5.14 is relevant in this premise. 

The stereoselectivity of some Diels-Alder reactions was also strongly affected in water.26 At low concentrations, in which both components were completely dissolved, the reaction of cyclopentadiene with butenone gave a 21.4 1 ratio of endo/exo products when they were stirred at 0.15 M concentration in water, compared to only a 3.85 1 ratio in excess cyclopentadiene and an 8.5 1 ratio with ethanol as the solvent. Aqueous detergent solution had no effect on the product ratio. The stereochemical changes were explained by the need to minimize the transition-state surface area in water solution, thus favoring the more compact endo stereochemistry. The results are also consistent with the effect of polar media on the ratio.27... 

As mentioned previously for KLH, DMSO may be used to solubilize hapten molecules that are rather insoluble in aqueous environments. Conjugation reactions may be done in solvent/ aqueous phase mixtures to maintain some solubility of the hapten once it is added to a buffered solution. BSA remains soluble in the presence of up to 35 percent DMSO, becomes slightly cloudy at 40 percent, and precipitates at 45 percent (v/v). 

SPE) a flowing liquid sample by retention on a solid sorbent, followed by elution with a solvent aqueous samples (e.g. PAHs in waste water)... 

ChemCoal A coal liquifaction process, using a phenolic solvent, aqueous alkali, and carbon monoxide. 

Bisphenol-AF-derived poly(carbonate) (2) has been synthesized by the two-phase transfer-catalyzed polycondensation of Bisphenol AF (1) with trichloromethyl chloroformate (TCF) in organic-solvent-aqueous-alkaline solution systems with a variety of quaternary ammonium salts at room temperature (Scheme l).6... 

HPLC Solid Solvent, aqueous, aqueous solution, or mixture of solvents Compounds or ions must be soluble in mobile phase and have appreciable attraction to the solid phase. 

Assay environment Contains organic solvents Aqueous... 

The structural integrity of enzymes in aqueous solution is often compromised by the addition of small quantities of water-miscible organic solvents. However, there are numerous examples, particularly using extremophiles, where enzymes have been successfully employed in organic solvent-aqueous mixtures.A good example is the savinase-catalysed kinetic resolution of an activated racemic lactam precursor to abacavir in 1 1 THF/water (Scheme 1.39). The organic solvent is beneficial as it retards the rate of the unselective background hydrolysis. 

A paper contributed by J. E. Desnoyers, R. Beaudoin, C. Roux, and C. Perron described the use of microemulsions as a possible tool for the extraction of oil from tar sands. Using a technique called flow microcalorimetry recently developed at the University of Sherbrooke, these researchers studied the structure and stability of organic microphases in aqueous media. These microphases can be stabilized by surfactants and can dissolve large quantities of oil. In a similar vein, D. F. Gerson, J. E. Zajic, and M. D. Ouchi (University of Western Ontario) described the extraction of bitumen from Athabasca tar sands by a combined solvent-aqueous-surfactant system. 

The Relation of Surfactant Properties to the Extraction of Bitumen from Athabasca Tar Sand by a Solvent-Aqueous-Surfactant Process... 

The paddle mill was used to study the effect of surfactant type on a solvent-aqueous-surfactant extraction scheme for the recovery of bitumen from Athabasca tar sand. n the experiments of Figures 4,5 and 6, bitumen recovered from the surface phases was measured as a function of the mole fraction of ethylene oxide in the surfactant and as a function of the extraction step in which the surfactant was added. The results are reported as the % of the total bitumen present in the surface fraction. The amount of surfactant used was that required to give a final aqueous concentration of 0.02% (w/v), but in different sets of experiments the surfactant was added at various stages in the process. 

Fig. 10 relates the composite extraction index (see above) obtained in the low-shear aqueous test system for these Tween surfactants, and adhesion tensions measured against various solids. Adhesion tensions against platinum and bitumen saturated pyrophyllite are irregularly related to tar sand extraction, while the adhesion tension against a fresh pyrophyllite surface is linearly (inversely) related to tar sand extraction. This is the first linear correlation between a measurable property of a surfactant solution and tar sand extraction which we have been able to obtain, and there appears to be no such finding in the literature. Fig. 11 gives the relations between extraction of bitumen with the paddle mill, solvent-aqueous-surfactant extraction and adhesion tensions measured against platinum, bitumen saturated pyrophyllite and hydrated (48 hours in water) pyrophyllite. 

Figure 6. Solvent-aqueous-surfactant extraction of tar sand with Triton and Makon surfactants. Surfactant added to solvent (kerosene).

A linear correlation is obtained between bitumen extraction with the paddle mill and the adhesion tension against water saturated pyrophyllite. That the degree of water saturation of the pyrophyllite is important in explaining the difference between the 2 extraction processes indicates that it will be necessary to study each process in terms of the relevant adhesion tensions. These results demonstrate that adhesion tension is the most important parameter found to date in determining the degree of separation in the presence of surfactants. Measurements of adhesion tension between surfactant solutions and minerals similar to those found in tar sand may be of considerable value in studies of surfactant utility in both aqueous-surfactant, solvent-aqueous-surfactant and in situ extraction processes. In addition, if appropriate model situations can be developed, measurements of adhesion tension may be useful in upgrading bitumen-water-clay emulsions obtained by a variety of in situ and heavy oil recovery processes. 

The spray rate that can be achieved in a given process is related to the volume of air that passes through the machine, and the temperature and humidity of that air. Clearly, therefore, spray rate will be governed to some extent by the rate at which the solvent (aqueous or otherwise) can be removed. Spray rate will also be influenced by ... 

The reaction is usually run in aqueous acetone in either one- or two-phase systems, but substrate solubility may require the use of other solvents. Aqueous ferf-butanol, tetrahydrofuran, and mixtures of these solvents have also been used successfully. 

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