Solvatochromic and Solubility Parameters of Solvents: Equivalence of the Scales and Application to Probe the Solubilization of Asphaltenes

Autor: Marcia Cristina Khalil de Oliveira, Raphael A. de Lira, André B. Gonçalves, Gaspar González, Omar A. El Seoud, Vanessa N Linhares, Francis A Meireles, Edgar O. Moraes, Luzia P. Novaki
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
ISSN: 1520-5029
0887-0624
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b00461
Popis: The oil compatibility model is important for assessing the stability of crudes. The compatibility between maltenes and the corresponding asphaltenes, Asphs, can be assessed from the solubility parameters (Hildebrand and Hansen) of both components of the crude. Solvatochromism is the effect of the medium on the UV/vis spectra of substances (solvatochromic probes) that are sensitive to the properties of the medium, namely, its empirical (or overall) polarity, Lewis acidity and basicity, dipolarity, and polarizability. Therefore, the solubility and solvatochromic parameters of solvents should be related. We synthesized a novel solvatochromic probe (E-2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(2-(1-hexylquinolin-1-ium-4-yl)vinyl)phenolate, HxQMBu2) whose properties are convenient to study in nonpolar and polar solvents. The empirical solvent polarities measured with HxQMBu2 in 38 solvents correlated linearly with the corresponding Hildebrand solubility parameters. Likewise, the solvent Lewis acidity/basicity, dipolarity, and polar...
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