Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 127-131.doi: 10.1007/s40242-018-7148-8

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Phase Behavior of Ionic Liquids-Cesium Carbonate-Water Aqueous Two-phase Systems and Their Extraction of L-Tryptophan

LI Shuang, LI Shuni, ZHAI Quanguo, JIANG Yucheng, HU Mancheng   

  1. Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, P. R. China
  • Received:2017-04-19 Online:2018-02-01 Published:2018-01-20
  • Contact: LI Shuni,E-mail:lishuni@snnu.edu.cn;HU Mancheng,E-mail:hmch@snnu.edu.cn E-mail:lishuni@snnu.edu.cn;hmch@snnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21571120) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(No.GK201701003).

Abstract: Phase behavior and extraction ability of aqueous two-phase systems(ATPs) consisting of ionic liquids(ILs), Cs2CO3 and water were investigated in this paper. Four kinds of ionic liquids, namely, 1-amyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide([C5mim]Br), 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide([C6mim]Br), 1-heptyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C7mim]Br) and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide([C8mim]Br), were examined to discuss the influence of alkyl groups. Binodal curves and tie-lines at 288.15, 298.15 and 308.15 K were obtained. The partitioning behavior for L-tryptophan in such ATPs was further investigated. The effect of temperature, pH, Cs2CO3 concentration and the structure of ionic liquids on the partitioning were discussed in detail.

Key words: Aqueous two-phase system, Ionic liquid, Cs2CO3, Partitioning behavior