Application of deep eutectic solvent based magnetic colloidal gel for dispersive solid phase extraction of ultra-trace amounts of some nitroaromatic compounds in water samples

A sensitive determination of Brilliant Blue FCF in some food samples using hydrophillic deep eutectic solvent-assisted magnetic nano gel-based dispersive solid phase microextraction prior to spectrophotometric analysis

A new magnetic nano gel (MNG) was prepared from choline chloride/phenol deep eutectic solvent and magnetic amberlite XAD-7 nanocomposite. The dispersive solid phase micro extraction (dSPME) method was developed for seperation and preconcentration of Brilliant Blue FCF (BB) by the prepared MNG. In this study, firstly, the optimum DES type and mole ratio of DES were investigated before response surface methodology optimization. Then, the effect of the MNG-dSPME experimental parameters were optimized by response surface methodology using central composite design. Under the optimum microextraction conditions, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), preconcentration factor (PF), enhencament factor (EF) were found to be 1.15 μg L-1,3.80 µg L-1, 70, and 88, respectively. It was seen that the recovery of real samples were obtained from 95.5 to 103.6%. The pesent method was succesfully for extraction of BB in some food, personal care samples, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that is presented method on determination of BB by preconcentration with magnetic nano gel. The obtained results showed that the present procedure is effective, sensitive, and has high accuracy for the quantitative detection of BB.

Preparation of Ferrofluid from Adipic Acid Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles and Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent Used in Dispersive Micro-Solid-Phase Extraction: Application for the Pre-Concentration and Determination of Clozapine in Biological Samples

The aim of the present study is the preparation of a novel magnetic ferrofluid (FF) based on a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES), which is used for the extraction of trace quantities of clozapine from biological samples. For this purpose, a highly stable FF was prepared through the combination of adipic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) plus tetraethylammonium chloride/thymol hDES without an additional stabilizer. These solvents were synthesized by the available and less-toxic materials, which is the appropriate option to support the solvents for the preparation of FF. In this study, a water-immiscible DES acts simultaneously as a carrier and stabilizer for the MNPs. In addition, the strong interactions between clozapine and magnetic FF could increase the extraction efficiency. The fractional factorial design was used for screening the experimental parameters. Then, the effective factors were optimized using the Box-Behnken design. The optimum extraction conditions were the following: pH of the sample solution: 8, the volume of the desorption solvent: 200 μL and desorption time: 5 min. Moreover, the suggested method exhibited low limits of detection in the range of 2.8-3.1 μg L-1. The linear range was 10.0-500.0 μg L-1 for human plasma and urine samples with acceptable recoveries greater than 91.4%. In addition, the proposed method is convenient, sensitive, effective, rapid and environmentally friendly.

Insights into the relationships between physicochemical properties, solvent performance, and applications of deep eutectic solvents

Deep eutectic solvent (DES) is regarded as a new generation of green solvent due to its distinctive and tailorable physicochemical properties, such as low volatility, strong solubility, biodegradability, low-cost, environment-friendly, and feasibility of the structural design. As an alternative to traditional organic solvents and ionic liquids (ILs), DESs have been widely applied in many fields, such as organic chemical synthesis, electrochemical deposition, material preparation, biomass catalytic conversion, extraction and separation, detection and analysis, nanotechnology, gas absorption, and drug delivery. In this paper, through in-depth discussion on factors influencing the physicochemical properties of DESs, we summarized the relations between their composition, structure, and performance. Focusing on their solvent performance, we analyzed the latest research results of DESs with different physicochemical properties in various fields. It should be pointed out that designing and synthesizing DESs from the molecular structure aspect to regulate their physicochemical properties is the direction of accurately developing new functional applications of DESs.

Nanofluid of magnetic-activated charcoal and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent: Application in dispersive magnetic solid-phase extraction for the determination and preconcentration of warfarin in biological samples by high-performance liquid chromatography

In this study, for the first time, nanofluid of magnetic-activated charcoal and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (AC@Fe₃ O₄ -DES) based dispersive magnetic solid-phase extraction was successfully applied for the determination and preconcentration of warfarin in plasma and urine samples. The hydrophobic DES was prepared by mixing tetramethylammonium chloride (as hydrogen bond acceptor) and thymol (as hydrogen bond donor) and acted simultaneously as both carrier and stabilizer for magnetic nanoparticles. In this method, the nanofluid as a new extraction solvent was rapidly injected into the aqueous sample, which led to improvement of the mass transfer of the analytes into the sorbent and reduction of the extraction time. In the screening step, the fractional factorial design was applied for selecting some important parameters which significantly affected the extraction procedure. The effective parameters were then optimized by Box-Behnken design. Under the optimal conditions, the limits of detection were in the range of 0.3-1.6 ng/ml. A good linear range was observed in the range of 1.0-500.0 ng/ml for water and 5.0-500.0 ng/ml for urine and plasma. The intra- and inter-day relative standard deviations were 2.7-3.2 and 1.9-4.5% for five replications, respectively. Based on the results, the proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of warfarin in biological samples, using high-performance liquid chromatography.

Reductive desulfurization of aromatic sulfides with nickel boride in deep eutectic solvents

Deep eutectic solvents were first used as the solvents in the reductive desulfurization process with nickel boride, and the desulfurization performance of nickel boride was greatly improved.

Microextraction Techniques with Deep Eutectic Solvents

In this review, the ever-increasing use of deep eutectic solvents (DES) in microextraction techniques will be discussed, focusing on the reasons needed to replace conventional extraction techniques with greener approaches that follow the principles of green analytical chemistry. The properties of DES will be discussed, pinpointing their exceptional performance and analytical parameters, justifying their current extensive scientific interest. Finally, a variety of applications for commonly used microextraction techniques will be reported.

Self-Assembled Gels Formed in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Supramolecular Eutectogels with High Ionic Conductivity

1,3:2,4-Dibenzylidene-d-sorbitol (DBS), a simple, commercially relevant compound, was found to self-assemble as a result of intermolecular noncovalent interactions into supramolecular gels in deep eutectic solvents (DESs) based on choline chloride combined with alcohols/ureas. DBS formed gels at a loading of 5 % w/v. Rheology confirmed the gel-like nature of the materials, electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction indicated underpinning nanofibrillar DBS networks, and differential scanning calorimetry showed the DES nature of the liquid-like phase was retained. The ionic conductivities of the gels were similar to those of the unmodified DESs, thus proving the deep eutectic nature of the ionic liquid-like phase. Gelation was tolerant of ionic additives Li⁺ , Mg²⁺ , and Ca²⁺ ; the resulting gels had similar conductivities to electrolyte dissolved in the native DES. The low-molecular-weight gelator DBS is thus a low-cost additive that forms gels in DESs from readily available constituents, with conductivity levels suitable for practical applications.

Development of a new emulsification microextraction method based on solidification of settled organic drop: application of a novel ultra-hydrophobic tailor-made deep eutectic solvent

In this research, a new microextraction method based on the solidification of settled organic drop (SSOD) was developed by coupling a novel tailor-made ultra-hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES) with effervescence assisted emulsification microextraction.