Gutiérrez A, Rozas Azcona S, Zamora Pastor L, Benito C, Atilhan M, Aparicio S. Nature of a Tetrabutylammonium Chloride-Levulinic Acid Deep Eutectic Solvent.
Ind Eng Chem Res 2023;
62:20412-20426. [PMID:
38045734 PMCID:
PMC10690803 DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.3c02102]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
A deep eutectic solvent was formed by considering the mixtures of tetrabutylammonium chloride and levulinic acid, and it is studied via a combined theoretical and experimental approach. Physicochemical properties were measured as a function of temperature, providing a macroscopic characterization of the fluid. Quantum chemistry and classical molecular dynamics simulations were carried out for the nanoscopic characterization, providing attention to the nature, extension, and dynamics of the hydrogen bonding network, which is at the root of the properties of the fluid. The reported study allows multiscale characterization of this fluid as an archetypical example of a natural, low-cost, and sustainable fluid.
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