Mm. Bora et al., REACTIVE EXTRACTION OF 6-AMINOPENICILLANIC ACID WITH ALIQUAT-336 - EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETICS, Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 75(3), 1997, pp. 520-526
The reactive extraction of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) from aqueo
us buffer solution has been studied using a liquid anion exchanger, tr
icaprylylmethyl ammonium chloride (Aliquat-336) in n-butyl acetate as
the solvent. The extraction equilibrium constant and partition coeffic
ient increase with increase in pH up to a limiting value of pH, beyond
which extraction decreases due to coextraction of OH- and buffer anio
ns and hydrolytic decomposition of 6-APA. The experimental data could
be predicted from an equilibrium model which takes into account the id
eal behaviour of the two liquid phases. The coextraction of the buffer
anion under low pH conditions was found to be negligible. The extract
ion rate measured in a stirred cell of constant interfacial area appea
rs to be dependent on the interfacial mass transfer of the reactive sp
ecies as well as on the interfacial reaction through its dependence on
the concentration of 6-APA in the aqueous and organic phases, respect
ively.