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  • Matthias Voges
  • Igor V. Prikhodko
  • Sebastian Prill
  • Martin Hübner
  • Gabriele Sadowski
  • Christoph Held

The solubility of the amino acids L-alanine and L-glutamic acid and its sodium salt (sodium L-glutamate monohydrate) in aqueous solutions at 30 °C and atmospheric pressure was investigated in the pH range between 3 and 9 and in the presence of the ionic liquids (ILs) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([bmim][OTf]) and choline dihydrogencitrate ([ch][dhcit]) at pH 7. The solubility of L-alanine and L-glutamic acid in the solutions without IL was measured by UV spectroscopy and with a gravimetrical method. In the presence of an IL HPLC-analysis was applied. The solid phases were characterized using Raman spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction to distinguish the amino acids from their salts. While the solubility of L-alanine did not depend on pH within the considered pH range, the solubility of L-glutamic acid strongly increased with increasing pH. Below pH 6.2 the solid phase was characterized to be L-glutamic acid, while sodium L-glutamate monohydrate was found to be the solid at pH higher than 6.2. It could be observed that the solubility of sodium L-glutamate monohydrate was comparatively high, and increased with increasing pH. Upon addition of the ILs under investigation ([bmim][OTf]) and [ch][dhcit]) the solubility of L-alanine and L-glutamic acid was decreased. Original PC-SAFT was applied to predict the solubility of L-alanine and L-glutamic acid (and its sodium salt) in water, with and without the ILs under consideration, at the experimental conditions with quantitative agreement to the experimental data. (Graph Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-61
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jan 2017

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