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. 2023 Nov 7;9(11):e21516. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21516

Table 7.

Comparison of capacity and Selectivity values at infinite dilution for separation problems, hexane/toluene, ethanol/cyclohexane, and cyclohexane/hexane in [[EMPYR] Br + 1,5-PDO] DES as separating solvent at T = 333.15 K

Extracting solvents
Selectivity (Sij)
Capacity (kj)

Deep Eutectic Solvents Hexane/toluene Ethanol/cyclohexane Cyclohexane/hexane Toluene Cyclohexane Hexane Reference
[[EMPYR] Br + 1,5-PDO] 2.17 0.16 0.85 0.70 0.38 0.32 This work
[[EMPYR] Br + Gly] 1.70 0.03 0.82 0.02 0.01 0.01 [5]
[[TMAM] Cl + EG] 43.4 0.01 0.18 0.03 0.01 0.00 [6]
[[BMIM] Cl + Gly] 2.80 0.01 1.00 0.02 0.01 0.01 [2]
Ionic Liquids
[(OH)2C3MPYR][Cl] 6.96 0.09 0.28 0.47 0.24 0.07 [7]
[HMPYR][TfN] 7.31 0.31 0.63 0.99 0.22 0.14 [8]
[EPY][BTI] 13.1 0.09 0.53 0.49 0.07 0.04 [9]
Traditional solvents
Diethylene glycol 8.53 0.03 0.45 0.09 0.02 0.01 [10]
2-pyrrolidone 8.10 0.07 0.59 0.24 0.07 0.03 [11]
Sulfolane 10.7 0.15 0.45 0.30 0.06 0.03 [12]