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Special designed menthol-based deep eutectic liquid for the removal of herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid through reactive liquid–liquid extraction

İrem Toprakçı, Ayşe Gizem Pekel, Ebru Kurtulbaş, and Selin Şahin

Chemical Engineering Department, Istanbul University – Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey

 

E-mail: iremtoprakci@istanbul.edu.tr

Received: 2 March 2020  Accepted: 20 May 2020

Abstract:

Reactive liquid–liquid extraction (RLLE) was applied for the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from its aqueous solution. Deep eutectic liquids (DELs) was used as extractant in a conventional solvent (diethyl succinate-DES) through RLLE. Various menthol-based DELs were prepared. Menthol was used as hydrogen bond acceptor, whilst formic acid and acetic acid were hydrogen bond donor for the DEL preparations. The best 2,4-D removal was achieved by menthol/formic acid (1/2, molar ratio) combination. The menthol-based DEL increased the extraction performance of DES by almost 2–3 times. More than 90% of 2,4-D were extracted by the recommended method with the designed solvent. Thermodynamics study has been also executed. Thermodynamics of the 2,4-D transfer from aqueous phase to hydrophobic phase has been found to be spontenous and endothermic process, which is incentived by entropy. Moreover, Fourier transformed infrared-attenuated total reflectance was used for the characterization reasons of the prepared DELs. Additionally, physical properties such as pH, density, viscosity and refractive index of the products were also measured. The last but not the least, viscosity and acidity of the extraction medium were found to be effective parameters.

Keywords: Clean technologies; Environmentally friendly solvent; Deep eutectic liquid; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Wastewater; Thermodynamics

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-020-01218-x

 

Chemical Papers 74 (11) 3995–4002 (2020)

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