%0 Journal Article
	%A Konstantza Tonova and  Ivan Svinyarov and  Milen G. Bogdanov
	%D 2015
	%J International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 100, 2015
	%T Biocompatible Ionic Liquids in Liquid – Liquid Extraction of Lactic Acid: A Comparative Study
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001024
	%V 100
	%X Ionic liquids consisting of a phosphonium cationic
moiety and a saccharinate anion are synthesized and compared with
their precursors, phosphonium chlorides, in reference to their
extraction efficiency towards L-lactic acid. On the base of
measurements of the acid and the water partitioning in the
equilibrium biphasic systems, the molar ratios between acid, water
and ionic liquid are estimated which allows to deduce the lactic acid
extractive pathway. The effect of a salting-out addition that
strengthens hydrophobicity in both phases is studied in view to reveal
the best biphasic system with respect to IL low toxicity and high
extraction efficiency.

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