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Sugar‐Derived Phase‐Selective Molecular Gelators as Model Solidifiers for Oil Spills
Author(s) -
Jadhav Swapnil R.,
Vemula Praveen Kumar,
Kumar Rakesh,
Raghavan Srinivasa R.,
John George
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201002095
Subject(s) - oil spill , sugar , distillation , phase (matter) , chemistry , organic chemistry , biocatalysis , crude oil , environmental science , petroleum engineering , ionic liquid , catalysis , environmental engineering , geology
Mopping up : Phase‐selective gelators were synthesized from sugar alcohols using biocatalysis. The gelators exhibited an unprecedented ability to phase‐selectively gel only organic liquids including crude‐oil fractions in the presence of water at room temperature. Oil can be recovered from the gelled phase by heating and distillation. Thus this class of materials may be useful in recovering oil from spills.