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Selective Solid-Phase Extraction of Alpha-Tocopherol by Functionalized Ionic Liquid-Modified Mesoporous SBA-15 Adsorbent

Selective Solid-Phase Extraction of Alpha-Tocopherol by Functionalized Ionic Liquid-Modified Mesoporous SBA-15 Adsorbent

Min Li, Patrisha J Pham, Charles U Pittman Jr, Tingyu Li

Anal Sci. 2008 Oct;24(10):1245-50.

PMID: 18845881

Abstract:

Ordered mesoporous adsorbents were prepared by physically grafting functionalized ionic liquids onto SBA-15 (a mesoporous siliceous substrate) using incipient wetness immersion method. These adsorbents were successfully applied to the selective extraction and separation of alpha-tocopherol (an isomer of vitamin E) from a model mixture of soybean oil deodorizer distillate. Various parameters affecting adsorption process such as adsorption time, the structures and loadings of ionic liquids, the adsorption isotherm, and the reusability of adsorbent were investigated using liquid-solid extraction. As high as 211 mg/g adsorbent of the adsorption capacity for alpha-tocopherol was obtained through the adsorption isotherm tests using [emim][Gly]/SBA-15 (functionalized ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium glycine which was physically coated on SBA-15) as the adsorbent, in which the functionalized ionic liquids contained the amino acid glycine as the anion. The adsorbent [emim][Gly]/SBA-15 also exhibited a very high adsorption selectivity for alpha-tocopherol. The extraction selectivity or the ratio of distribution coefficients between alpha-tocopherol and the major interference component glyceryl triundecanoate (K(d(alpha-tocopherol))/K(d(triglyceride))) was 10.5. The concentration of alpha-tocopherol was significantly increased from 15.6% in original feedstock solution that contained fatty acid methyl ester, triglyceride and alpha-tocopherol to 73.0% after stripping by diethyl ether. Five adsorbent recycle tests showed good reusability of the functionalized ionic liquid-modified mesoporous adsorbent.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP13552802	Glyceryl triundecanoate		13552-80-2	Price

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