Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2020,16, 2820–2830, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.232
We report new dirhamnolipidester forming reverse wormlike micelles in nonpolar solvents without the addition of any primer. Therefore, these compounds represent a rare case of a binary system showing this gel-like behavior. In this study, the influence of the concentration of the rhamnolipid ester
interaction of the alkyl chains.
Keywords: dirhamnolipidester; gemini surfactant; rheology; reverse wormlike micelle (RWLM); Introduction
Surfactants have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups and are therefore amphiphilic molecules. Due to their unique molecular structure, surfactants are essential
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Results and Discussion
Materials and synthesis of dirhamnolipidester
The used dirhamnolipid raw material stems from a biotechnological process. The purity is 90.8% with respect to the rhamnolipid acid form. Due to the biotechnological production, the alkyl chain length in the lipid part varies from C8 to