title: Synthesis and foaming properties of new anionic surfactants based on a renewable building block: sodium dodecyl isosorbide sulfates.
abstract: Two agro-based anionic surfactants containing an isosorbide moiety have been synthesized and their amphiphilic properties evaluated. Since isosorbide is now considered as an important platform chemical of the starch industry, these compounds could represent bio-sourced alternatives to the alkyl ether sulfates (notably lauryl ether sulfate, LES) that are based on petroleum-derived ethylene oxides. As isosorbide is an asymmetric diol, two isomers can be prepared (2-O-dodecyl isosorbide sulfate and 5-O-dodecyl isosorbide sulfate) that show significantly different aqueous properties as regards to their Krafft temperatures and critical micellar concentrations. 5-O-dodecyl isosorbide sulfate is the most soluble and the most efficient surfactant. It possesses a much lower critical micelle concentration (cmc) than sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, leading to comparable foaming properties with a three times lower concentration. Its behavior compares well with the one of pure diethoxylated dodecyl sulfate that has also been prepared and evaluated in this work.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille Nord de France, USTL, ENSCL, E.A. 4478 Chimie Moléculaire et Formulation, Cité Scientifique, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavergne
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pizzino
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molinier
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aubry