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Interactions of Cationic, Anionic and Nonionic Surfactants with Cresol Red Dye in Aqueous Solutions: Conductometric, Tensiometric, and Spectroscopic Studies

  • Anwar Ali , Sahar Uzair and Ummer Farooq
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Tenside Surfactants Detergents
From the journal Tenside Surfactants Detergents Volume 54 Issue 4

Abstract

The interaction of cresol red (CR) with cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB), sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), and Triton X-100 (TX-100) was studied in aqueous solutions employing conductometric, tensiometric, and spectroscopic methods. Various micellar and interfacial parameters were calculated in absence and in presence of CR. The interactions suggest the formation of a CR-CPB adduct, an association of CR with the micelle of TX-100 while no adduct is formed between CR and SDS. Appreciably low critical micelle concentration, CMC value of TX-100 compared with those of CPB and SDS in pure water and drastic reduction of CMC of CPB (about one-twelfth of its value in pure water) than SDS and TX-100 in the presence of CR were observed. Higher negative values of Gibbs free energy of micellization, ΔGm0, for all the three surfactants indicate that micellization process is spontaneous. The values of maximum surface excess concentration, Γmax, and minimum area per molecule, Amin, suggest that in the presence of CR, the air-solution interface is closely packed and the orientation of surfactant molecules is almost perpendicular to the surface. UV-visible spectra suggest the formation of ion-pair complex between the dye CR and the monomers of CPB in the pre-micellar region, while above the CMC a breaking up of the ion-pair complex takes place and the dye is solubilized in the micelles of CPB. In the case of SDS the absorption spectra indicate weak interaction between CR and SDS molecules formation of H-bonding, short range dispersive forces, and hydrophobic interactions between CR and TX-100 molecules in the solution.

Kurzfassung

Die Wechselwirkung von Cresolrot (CR) mit Cetylpyridiniumbromid (CPB), Natriumdodecylsulfat (SDS) und Triton X-100 (TX-100) in wässrigen Lösungen wurde unter Verwendung von konduktometrischen, tensiometrischen und spektroskopischen Methoden untersucht. Verschiedene mizellare Größen und Grenzflächenparameter wurden in Abwesenheit und in Gegenwart von CR berechnet. Die Wechselwirkungen deuten auf die Bildung von CR-CPB-Addukten, eine Anlagerung von CR an die TX-100-Mizellen hin, während kein Addukt zwischen CR und SDS gebildet wird. Die kritische Mizellenkonzentration CMC von TX-100 ist im Vergleich zu CMCs von CPB und SDS in reinem Wasser deutlich niedrig. Eine drastische Reduktion der CMC von CPB (etwa ein Zwölftel seines Wertes in reinem Wasser) als SDS und TX-100 wurde in der Gegenwart von CR beobachtet. Für alle drei Tenside sind die Werte der freien Gibbs-Energie für die Mizellenbildung negativ, was zeigt, dass der Mizellenbildung spontan ist. Die maximale Oberflächenüberschussmenge, Γmax und die minimale Fläche pro Molekül, Amin, deuten darauf hin, dass in Gegenwart von CR die Grenzfläche Luft/Lösung dicht gepackt ist und dass die Orientierung der Tensidmoleküle nahezu senkrecht zur Oberfläche ist. UV-Vis-Spektren deuten auf die Bildung eines Ionenpaar-Komplexes zwischen dem Farbstoff CR und den CPB-Monomeren im vormizellaren Bereich hin, während oberhalb der CMC der Ionenpaar-Komplex aufgebrochen und der Farbstoff in den CPB-Mizellen solubilisiert wird. Die Absorptionsspektren von SDS zeigen eine schwache Wechselwirkung zwischen den CR- und den SDS-Molekülen an, die Bildung von H-Bindungen, Dispersionskräften mit kurzer Reichweite und von hydrophoben Wechselwirkungen zwischen CR- und TX-100-Molekülen in der Lösung an.

Key words: Surfactants; micellization; absorption; UV-visible spectroscopy; thermodynamics; dye
Stichwörter: Tenside; Mizellenbildung; Absorption; UV-Vis-Spektroskopie; Thermodynamik; Farbstoff
*Correspondence address, Dr. Anwar Ali Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India, Tel.: +91-11-26981717, Extn. 3257, Fax: 91-11-26980229, E-mail: ,

Anwar Ali obtained his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1978 from the Aligarh Muslim University, India. He joined the Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) New Delhi, India, in 1984 and is a full professor in the Department of Chemistry. His research interests are centered on thermodynamic and transport studies of interactions in liquid mixtures and in mixtures containing biomolecules in aqueous surfactants/carbohydrates.

Sahar Uzair is pursuing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Anwar Ali in the Department of Chemistry Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), India. She is working on dye-surfactant and dye- amino acid interactions in aqueous media.

Ummer Farooq is pursuing his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Anwar Ali in the Department of Chemistry Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), India. He is working on the study of interactions of ionic liquids with antidepressant drugs and surfactants in aqueous medium.

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Received: 2015-12-23
Accepted: 2016-05-03
Published Online: 2017-12-09
Published in Print: 2017-07-14

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Surfactants; micellization; absorption; UV-visible spectroscopy; thermodynamics; dye

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