Sustainable solvents for β-diketone extraction from wheat straw wax and their molecular self-assembly into nano-structured tubules for hydrophobic coatings.

ABSTRACT: Nonpolar, nonperoxide forming, sustainable and potentially bio-based solvents, namely 2,2,5,5-tetramethyloxolane (TMO) and 2,5-diethyl-2,5-dimethyloxolane (DEDMO), were utilized as an alternative to toxic petroleum-based hydrocarbon solvents for extraction of hentriacontane-14,16-dione from waste wheat straw waxes. This work is the first to report the application of DEDMO as a solvent for the extraction of natural products. The sustainable methodology developed in this research provided considerable advantages over previously reported systems in terms of high extraction yields, excellent selectivity towards the β-diketones and low amounts of waste generated. DEDMO provided the highest recovery yield for all the sustainable solvents investigated, recovering 23.7% of the wax (which is a 68.8

SUBMITTER: Noppawan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9844676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature