Issue 3, 2009
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Green Chemistry

Switching the hydrophilicity of a solute†

Lam Phana  and  Philip G. Jessop*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: jessop@chem.queensu.ca
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Tel: 1 (613) 533-3212

Abstract

An amidine appendage gives a solute switchable hydrophilicity. Upon the introduction of CO2 gas, a hydrophobic solute can turn into a hydrophilic solute, with the corresponding partition coefficient changed by over 2 orders of magnitude.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B821239B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Nov 2008
Accepted
05 Jan 2009
First published
15 Jan 2009

Green Chem., 2009,11, 307-308

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Switching the hydrophilicity of a solute

L. Phan and P. G. Jessop, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 307 DOI: 10.1039/B821239B

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