Table 1.
Price of solvents in USD/L (2018/2019) and its effect on product properties.
| Dispersion Medium | Price of Solvents in USD/L | Maximum % Yield | Thermal Stability (°C) |
Solubility | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloroform | 13 | 52.4 | 480 | NMP, DMSO, dimethylformamide (DMF) | [6] |
| Toluene | 22 | - | - | Toluene, Xylene | [11] |
| Toluene & iso octane | 22 & 158 | 108–194 | 320–499 | DMSO | [16] |
| Toluene & 2-propanol | 22 & 25 | 61 | - | Chlorofrom, 2:1 mixture of toluene & 2-propanol, NMP, Dichloromethane. | [7] |
| Chloroform & 2-butanol | 13 & 22 | 25–30 | 500 | 2:1 mixture of toluene + 2-propanol, chloroform, DMSO & DMF. | [10] |
| n-hexane | 12 | 81.97 | 320 | - | [17] |
| Diesel | 0.83 | 87.6 | 417 | Chloroform, NMP, DMSO, 1:3 Mixture of toluene & 2-propanol | Present work |