Nonionic amphiphilic compounds from lysine as molecular mimics of lecithins

J Seguer, C Selve, M Allouch, MR Infante

Index: Seguer, J.; Selve, C.; Allouch, M.; Infante, M. R. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1996 , vol. 73, # 1 p. 79 - 86

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Abstract

Abstract New monodisperse nonionic surfactant molecules, based on lysine with two fatty acid chains in the hydrophobic part and one or two polyoxyethylene methoxycapped chains (EO n− Me) in the hydrophilic headgroup, are synthesized as mimics of natural lecithins. Their surface-activity properties indicate that these compounds have surfactant behavior whose global hydrophobic contribution is comparable to that of one fatty chain.