New Y-shaped surfactants from renewable resources

Tammar Hussein Ali; Rusnah Syahila Duali Hussen; Thorsten Heidelberg

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.10.054

New Y-shaped surfactants from renewable resources

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2014 Nov 1:123:981-5. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.10.054. Epub 2014 Nov 1.

Authors

Tammar Hussein Ali¹, Rusnah Syahila Duali Hussen², Thorsten Heidelberg³

Affiliations

¹ Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: r_syahila@um.edu.my.
³ Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: heidelberg@um.edu.my.

PMID: 25465761
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.10.054

Abstract

A series of sugar-based surfactants, involving a single hydrophobic chain (C12) and two side-by-side arranged head groups, was prepared form simple glucose precursors. All surfactants were highly water soluble and exhibited exclusively micellar assemblies. This behavior makes them interesting candidates for oil in water emulsifiers.

Keywords: Click chemistry; Double-headed surfactants; Hydrophilic surface dominance; Oil in water emulsion; Sugar-based non-ionic emulsifiers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Click Chemistry / methods*
Emulsions / chemistry*
Surface-Active Agents / chemistry*
Water

Substances

Emulsions
Surface-Active Agents
Water