Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: evidence for water-mediated aggregation of hydrotropes around the solute uri icon

resumo

  • A recent proposal attributes the origin of hydrotropy to the water-mediated aggregation of hydrotrope molecules around the solute. Experimental evidence for this phenomenon is reported for the first time in this work, using 1H-NMR. A new computational technique to quantify apolarity is introduced and is used to show that apolarity of both solute and hydrotrope is the driving force of hydrotropy. This journal is

autores

  • Pinho, Simão Pedro de Almeida
  • Abranches, D.O.
  • Jordana Benfica
  • Bruna P. Soares
  • Alejandro Leal-Duaso
  • Sintra, Tania E.
  • Elísabet Pires
  • Pinto, M.A.
  • Seishi Shimizu
  • Coutinho, J.A.P.

data de publicação

  • janeiro 1, 2020