Synthesis and Interfacial Activity of Novel Sulfobetaines in Aqueous Solutions

Abstract

AbstractFourteen new sulfobetaines with N-alkylmorpholinium moiety have been synthesized using correspording N-alkylmorpholines and propanesultone or butanesultone. Their interfacial activities in aqueous solution were studied by equilibrium and dynamic surface tension measurements. Surface tension measurements provide information about the surface excess concentration, the minimum area per surfactant molecule, the critical micellar concentration (CMC) and the standard Gibbs energy of adsorption. The adsorption properties of these compounds significantly depend on the length of alkyl chain (the number of carbons). The lowest value of critical micellar concentration is obtained for the compound with the longest carbon chain and decrease with increasing of chain length of compounds considered. The same tendency is observed for effectiveness of adsorption.