Phase-transfer catalyst separation by CO2 enhanced aqueous extraction.
CO2 is used to enhance the environmentally benign and efficient recovery of phase transfer catalysts with aqueous extraction; this method can alter the distribution of phase transfer catalysts so dramatically that even in dilute organic solutions they can be separated selectively from an organic reaction mixture with only a small fraction of the water required in a traditional aqueous extraction.
Schools of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 778 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, USA.
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