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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 3, Pages 324-331Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.11.005
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ionic liquid; liquid-liquid extraction; endocrine-disrupting phenol; Greener solvent
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In this paper, investigations have been carried out to determine the suitability of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs), 1-methyl-3-alkylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [C(n)mim][PF6] (n=4, 6, 8) and 1-methy-3-alkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C(n)mim][BF4] (n=6, 8), in replacing volatile organic solvents for liquid-liquid extraction of selected endocrine-disrupting phenots from aqueous solutions. New experimental data have been reported for the extraction of phenol, bisphenol A, pentachlorophenol, 4-octylphenol and 4-nonylphenol by the ILs. The results showed that distribution ratios of the endocrine-disrupting phenols were influenced significantly by pH of the aqueous phase, nature of the ILs, chemical structure of the phenols, and the presence of some salts in aqueous solutions. It was found that in the range of pH <7, most of the phenols were extracted quantitatively from aqueous solution into the ILs. The selective separation of some of the phenols from their binary mixtures was also investigated, and the possible driven forces for the extraction were discussed based on the hydrogen-bonding and hydrophobic interactions between the ILs and the phenols. It is expected that these results are promising for the liquid-liquid extraction, separation and preconcentration of endocrine-disrupting phenols in analytical science and related industrial process. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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