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Solubilizing and Hydrotropic Properties of Isosorbide Monoalkyl‐ and Dimethyl‐Ethers
Author(s) -
Durand Morgan,
Zhu Ying,
Molinier Valérie,
Féron Thierry,
Aubry JeanMarie
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of surfactants and detergents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1558-9293
pISSN - 1097-3958
DOI - 10.1007/s11743-009-1128-4
Subject(s) - isosorbide , chemistry , organic chemistry , solvent , ether , diol , dimethyl ether , methanol
Isosorbide is a diol readily obtained from starch that can be used as a polar building block for the synthesis of derivatives ranging from solvents to surfactants: dimethyl isosorbide (DMI) is a “sustainable solvent” already on the market, used notably in cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations; monoalkyl derivatives of isosorbide are non‐ionic hydrotropes that could be potential substitutes to short‐chain glycol ethers. The use of these isosorbide derivatives as bio‐sourced alternatives to petroleum‐derived products for applications such as compatibilizers in liquid detergent formulations or solubilizing agents in aqueous hard‐surface cleaning is discussed in this paper. DMI reveals to have interesting coupling properties for the former applications, whereas the monopentyl ether of isosorbide (C 5 Iso) is a particularly efficient hydrotrope for the latter.