Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) are bio-based deep eutectic solvents which are composed of two or more compounds that are generally plant based primary metabolites, i.e. organic acids, sugars, alcohols, amines and amino acids. Work done by Choi, Spronsen et al. showed that water can be present as part of the solvent, being strongly retained in the liquid and which cannot be evaporated.
To date, there are numerous applications that have been studied for DES. By varying the components of the DES and their molar ratios, new DES can be produced. For this reason, many new applications are presented in the literature every year. Some of the earliest applications of DES were the electrofinishing of metals using DES as electrolytes. Organic compounds such as benzoic acid (solubility 0.82 mol/L) have great solubility in DES, and this even includes cellulose. [1] Archived 2017-03-04 at the Wayback Machine For this reason, DES were applied as extraction solvents for such material from their complex matrices. DES as extraction solvents in the separation of aromatic hydrocarbons from naphtha was also studied and promising results were published in 2012 and 2013.
They were also studied for their applicability in the production and purification of biodiesel, and their ability to extract metals for analysis. Incorporating microwave heating with deep eutectic solvent can efficiently increase the solubility power of DES and reduce the time required for complete dissolution of biological samples at atmospheric pressure. It is noteworthy that proton-conducting DES (e.g. the mixture of imidazolium methanesulfonate and 1H-1,2,4-triazole in a 1:3 mole ratio or the mixture of 1,2,4-triazolium methanesulfonate and 1H-1,2,4-triazole in a 1:3 mole ratio, wherein the Brønsted base may act as the hydrogen bond donor) have also found applications as proton conductors for fuel cells.
Owing to their unique composition, DES are promising solvating environments, affecting the structure and self-assembly of solutes. For example, the self-assembly of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in DES has recently been studied, implying DES can form microemulsions different from those in water. In another case, the solvation of the polymer polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in DES is distinct from water, whereby the DES appear to be a better solvent for the polymer. It has been also shown that depending on state of matter of the solute homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures are formed.
DES have also been studied for their potential use as more environmentally sustainable solvents for extracting gold and other precious metals from ore. Some solvent extraction work has been done using DES solvents, Mark Foreman at Chalmers has in recent years published several papers on this topic. He wrote about the use of the solvents for battery recycling from an applied point of view and he also published what may be the first ever serious study of solvent extraction of metals from DES. Foreman has also published two pure research papers on the activity issues in DES, in the first he pointed out that activity coefficients in DES do appear to deviate wildly away from their values in sodium chloride solution while in his later paper he provides a mathematical model for the activity coefficients in DES using the SIT equation. Lastly, DES involvement in thermoelectrical field was researched through the incorporation of DES in thermoelectric polymer for the synthesis of improved thermoelectric polymer films.
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