TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents for purification of water contaminated with Bisphenol-A
AU - Florindo, Catarina
AU - Monteiro, Nathalie V.
AU - Ribeiro, Bernardo D.
AU - Branco, Luis C.
AU - Marrucho, I. M.
N1 - C. Florindo and L C. Branco, gratefully acknowledge,the financial support of FCT/MCTES (Portugal) for the PhD fellowship SFRH/BD/102313/2014 and for the contract under Programa Investigador FCT 2013 (IF/0041/2013). This work was financed by CQE project (UID/QUI/00100/2013) and Research Unit GREEN-it "Bioresources for Sustainability" (UID/Multi/04551/2013).
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - The occurrence of micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems poses a serious public health and environmental problem. For that purpose, the main goal of this work is the removal of an endocrine disruptor micropollutant compound, Bisphenol-A (BPA), from aqueous environments using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (DES). In particular, DES composed of DL-Menthol or quaternary ammonium salts as hydrogen bond acceptors (HBA) and natural fatty acids as hydrogen bond donors (HBD) were prepared. Extraction efficiencies were maximized by optimizing the experimental parameters in the extraction BPA from water using a central composite design combined with a response surface methodology. Thus, the effect of several parameters, such as stirring speed, contact time, DES/water ratio and initial BPA concentration on the extraction efficiencies were evaluated.
AB - The occurrence of micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems poses a serious public health and environmental problem. For that purpose, the main goal of this work is the removal of an endocrine disruptor micropollutant compound, Bisphenol-A (BPA), from aqueous environments using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (DES). In particular, DES composed of DL-Menthol or quaternary ammonium salts as hydrogen bond acceptors (HBA) and natural fatty acids as hydrogen bond donors (HBD) were prepared. Extraction efficiencies were maximized by optimizing the experimental parameters in the extraction BPA from water using a central composite design combined with a response surface methodology. Thus, the effect of several parameters, such as stirring speed, contact time, DES/water ratio and initial BPA concentration on the extraction efficiencies were evaluated.
KW - Bisphenol-A
KW - Central composite design
KW - Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents
KW - Liquid-liquid extraction
KW - Wastewater treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076200831&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111841
DO - 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111841
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076200831
SN - 0167-7322
VL - 297
JO - Journal of Molecular Liquids
JF - Journal of Molecular Liquids
M1 - 111841
ER -
