Table 1 Solvent properties of extractants studied in this paper
Extractant | ABE | Distribution coefficient | Biocompatible | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Experimental | UNIFAC-LL | |||
Decanol (Kurkijärvi and Lehtonen 2014) | Ethanol | 0.86–0.54 (Offeman et al. 2008) | 0.56 | No |
Acetone | 0.6 | 1.2 | ||
Butanol | 7.2 | 7.1 | ||
Mesitylene (Kraemer et al. 2011) | Ethanol | 0.1 | 0.43 | Yes |
Acetone | 0.83 | 0.43 | ||
Butanol | 2.2 | 0.76 | ||
Oleyl alcohol (Matsumura et al. 1988) | Ethanol | 0.34 | 0.40 | Yes |
Acetone | 0.28 | 0.74 | ||
Butanol | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||