Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: evidence for water-mediated aggregation of hydrotropes around the solute
Dinis O. Abranches, Jordana Benfica, Bruna P. Soares, Alejandro Leal‐Duaso, Tânia E. Sintra, Elísabet Pires, Simão P. Pinho, Seishi Shimizu, João A. P. Coutinho
Abstract
H-NMR. A new computational technique to quantify apolarity is introduced and is used to show that apolarity of both solute and hydrotrope is the driving force of hydrotropy.
Topics & Concepts
Mechanism (biology)ChemistryPhilosophyEpistemologySurfactants and Colloidal SystemsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorMolecular spectroscopy and chirality