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A Raman study of solubilization of aromatics by non‐ionic surfactants
Author(s) -
Cooney Ralph P.,
Healy Thomas W.,
Barraclough Colin G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.1250140407
Subject(s) - chemistry , benzene , raman spectroscopy , aqueous solution , alkyl , ether , ionic bonding , pulmonary surfactant , hydrogen bond , micelle , alkylphenol , ternary operation , ionic liquid , pyridine , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , molecule , catalysis , ion , biochemistry , physics , computer science , optics , programming language
Raman spectra of the aromatic solubilizate in the ternary system, non‐ionic surfactant aromatic water, are indicative of benzene in a hydrophobic liquid‐like environment and of pyridine in a hydrophilie, possibly aqueous environment. The non‐ionic surfactants studied were of the alkylphenol‐ and alkyl‐polyoxyethylene type. Addition of traces of water to a solution of Triton X‐100 in benzene leads to the appearance of a water spectrum which suggests that 1:1 hydrogen‐bond complexes between individual ether groups of the polyoxyethylene chain and water have formed in reversed micelles.