BinaBinary Phase Equilibria and Structure of the Two α-Methyl-Substituted Surfactants Sodium (R)-2-Methyldecanoate and Racemic Sodium 2-Methyldecanoate ry Phase Exuilibria and Structure of the Chiral α-Methylsubstituted Surfactants Sodium (R)-2-Methyldecanoate and Racemic Sodium 2-Methyldecanoate

• In this study, we present the binary phase diagrams for the aqueous systems of the alkyldecanoic salts racemic sodium 2-methyldecanoate and sodium (R)-2-methyldecanoate, respectively. Both systems form a micellar solution phase, as well as a normal hexagonal, a cubic, and a lamellar liquid crystalline phase. They also form a very narrow intermediate phase, situated between the hexagonal and cubic liquid crystalline phases. The methods used for characterization were crossed polaroids, polarizing optical microscope and 2H NMR quadrupolar splittings combined with SAXS studies. The cubic phase gave a well-resolved SAXS diffraction pattern, with eight peaks present, which establishes the bicontinuous cubic structure as Ia3d. A significant difference in these two phase diagrams, compared to those of unsubstituted alkanoates with the same chain length, is the very low Krafft boundary.

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