Esters of oligo-(glycerol carbonate-glycerol): New biobased oligomeric surfactants

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• 作者：Sé ; bastien Holmiere^a ; Romain Valentin^a ; ^{romain.valentin@ensiacet.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Philippe Maré ; chal^b ; Zé ; phirin Mouloungui^a
• 关键词：Esters of oligo-(glycerol carbonate-glycerol ether) ; Surface-active properties ; Self-assembling ; Inverse and multiple emulsions ; Oligomeric surfactants
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：487
• 期：Complete
• 页码：418-425
• 全文大小：1016 K

文摘

Glycerol carbonate is one of the most potentially multifunction glycerol-derived compounds. Glycerol is an important by-product of the oleochemical industry. The oligomerization of glycerol carbonate, assisted by the glycerol, results in the production of polyhydroxylated oligomers rich in linear carbonate groups. The polar moieties of these oligomers (M_w < 1000 Da) were supplied by glycerol and glycerol carbonate rather than ethylene oxide as in most commercial surfactants. The insertion of linear carbonate groups into the glycerol-based skeleton rendered the oligomers amphiphilic, resulting in a decrease in air/water surface tension to 57 mN/m. We improved the physical and chemical properties of the oligomers, by altering the type of acylation reaction and the nature of the acyl donor. The polar head is constituted of homo-oligomers and hetero-oligomers. Homo-oligomers are oligoglycerol and/or oligocarbonate, hetero-oligomers are oligo(glycerol-glycerol carbonate). Coprah oligoesters had the best surfactant properties (CMC < 1 mg/mL, π_cmc < 30 mN/m), outperforming molecules of fossil origin, such as ethylene glycol monododecyl ether, glycol ethers and fatty acid esters of sorbitan polyethoxylates. The self-assembling properties of oligocarbonate esters were highlighted by their ability to stabilize inverse and multiple emulsions. The oligo-(glycerol carbonate-glycerol ether) with relatively low molecular weights showed properties of relatively high-molecular weight molecules, and constitute a viable “green” alternative to ethoxylated surfactants.