Green organic solvents

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  Anand Singh · G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

  Supercritical water can be used. it has hexane like properties but hard to produce or mantaine

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  Supercritical water can be used. it has hexane like properties but hard to produce or mantaine

  Nov 13, 2011
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  Titus Sobisch · LUM - Berlin, Germany - Seeking for new opportunity in R&D and customer support

  supercritical water, of course, is no organic solvent. Same applies for supercritical CO2, however, this may be easier to handle and can easily removed after extraction. Depending on the substance/matrix and the further application of the substance there is a vast number of options, from biodiesel to ionic liquids.

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  supercritical water, of course, is no organic solvent. Same applies for supercritical CO2, however, this may be easier to handle and can easily removed after extraction.
  
  Depending on the substance/matrix and the further application of the substance there is a vast number of options, from biodiesel to ionic liquids.

  Nov 14, 2011
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  Rainer Höfer · Editorial Ecosiris, www.ecosiris.eu

  Dear Wasiu, Please have a look at C. Estévez, "Sustainable Solutions - Green Solvents for Chemistry": in R. Höfer, ed., Sustainable Solutions for Modern Economies, DOI: 10.1039/9781847552686, RSC Publ., Cambridge (2009). Eventually the products and the literature references mentioned there are useful for you. Green solvents are supplied inter alia by COGNIS, now part of BASF, and by Rhodia, now part of Solvay. Best regards Rainer

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  Dear Wasiu,
  Please have a look at C. Estévez, "Sustainable Solutions - Green Solvents for Chemistry": in R. Höfer, ed., Sustainable Solutions for Modern Economies, DOI: 10.1039/9781847552686, RSC Publ., Cambridge (2009). Eventually the products and the literature references mentioned there are useful for you. Green solvents are supplied inter alia by COGNIS, now part of BASF, and by Rhodia, now part of Solvay.
  Best regards
  Rainer

  Nov 14, 2011
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  Wasiu Lawal · University of Texas at Arlington

  Thanks Titus and Anand. Supercritical water or CO2 are not options for me as i'd prefer something at ambient temperature and pressure. Titus, can you tell me a little more about the solvents you mentioned. I am trying to extract PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) from activated carbon. Thanks.

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  Thanks Titus and Anand. Supercritical water or CO2 are not options for me as i'd prefer something at ambient temperature and pressure.
  Titus, can you tell me a little more about the solvents you mentioned. I am trying to extract PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) from activated carbon.
  Thanks.

  Nov 14, 2011
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  Titus Sobisch · LUM - Berlin, Germany - Seeking for new opportunity in R&D and customer support

  Dear Wasiu, I have no practical experience with PFOS and their desorption from activated carbon. However, I would suspect i-propanol to have higher extraction efficiency than hexane. Concentrated surfactant solutions like alkyl benzene sulfonate or nonionic surfactant solutions might also work. Kind regards T. Sobisch

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  Dear Wasiu,
  
  I have no practical experience with PFOS and their desorption from activated carbon. However, I would suspect i-propanol to have higher extraction efficiency than hexane. Concentrated surfactant solutions like alkyl benzene sulfonate or nonionic surfactant solutions might also work.
  
  Kind regards
  T. Sobisch

  Nov 14, 2011
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  Luca Patauner · INDUSTRY

  I suggest citrosolv C that is a mixture of terphenes, full natural and at environment temperature; it has a lemon smell.

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  I suggest citrosolv C that is a mixture of terphenes, full natural and at environment temperature; it has a lemon smell.

  Nov 15, 2011
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  Hideki Kanda · Nagoya University

  We use liquefied dimethyl ether (DME). DME is the simplest ether, but no peroxide formation unlike other ether. High affinity to oily compositions, and partial miscibility to with water; ii. Low boiling point and stability at normal temperatures; and iii. Non-toxicity and biodegradability. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2010.10.057 The European Food Safety Authority approved DME as a safe extraction solvent in production of foodstuffs and food ingredients. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2009.984 Best regards Hideki

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  We use liquefied dimethyl ether (DME). DME is the simplest ether, but no peroxide formation unlike other ether. High affinity to oily compositions, and partial miscibility to with water; ii. Low boiling point and stability at normal temperatures; and iii. Non-toxicity and biodegradability.
  doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2010.10.057
  The European Food Safety Authority approved DME as a safe extraction solvent in production of foodstuffs and food ingredients.
  doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2009.984
  
  Best regards
  Hideki

  Nov 16, 2011
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  Rabah Khalil · University of Mosul

  You could use the aqueous solution of surfactant see R. A. Khalil and S. A. Hussain, Surfactant Enhanced Reaction Between Benzocaine and p-Dimethylamenobenzaldehyde: Kinetic Study and Its Analytical Application, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering A-Science, 35(2A), 55-66 (2010).

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  You could use the aqueous solution of surfactant see R. A. Khalil and S. A. Hussain, Surfactant Enhanced Reaction Between Benzocaine and p-Dimethylamenobenzaldehyde: Kinetic Study and Its Analytical Application, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering A-Science, 35(2A), 55-66 (2010).

  Nov 16, 2011
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  The table below will help you to select alternate solvent Hazardous Solvent > Alternative • Pentane • Hexane > Heptane • Di-isopropyl ether • Di-ethyl ether • Dimethoxymethane > t-Butyl methyl ether • Chloroform • Carbon tetrachloride > Dichloromethane • Dichloromethane > Ethyl acetate or Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) • Benzene > Toluene

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  The table below will help you to select alternate solvent
  Hazardous Solvent > Alternative
  • Pentane
  • Hexane > Heptane
  
  • Di-isopropyl ether
  • Di-ethyl ether
  • Dimethoxymethane > t-Butyl methyl ether
  
  • Chloroform
  • Carbon tetrachloride > Dichloromethane
  
  
  • Dichloromethane > Ethyl acetate or Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
  
  • Benzene > Toluene

  Nov 18, 2011
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  Amelia Bojo · Central Mindanao University

  I love this discussion. It shows scientists can be generous, too! I have been using mainly ethyl acetate and diethylether in my extractions of organic compounds (but unfortunately, not PFOS from activated carbon) and I found them to be efficient, among other things.The ether is much better because it readily evaporates.

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  I love this discussion. It shows scientists can be generous, too!
  I have been using mainly ethyl acetate and diethylether in my extractions of organic compounds (but unfortunately, not PFOS from activated carbon) and I found them to be efficient, among other things.The ether is much better because it readily evaporates.

  Nov 27, 2011