Kinetics of the autoxidation of adrenaline and [copper(II)(adrenaline)]2+ in alkaline aqueous and micellar media

The kinetics of autoxidation of adrenaline and [Cu(adrenaline)]²⁺ complex by dissolved oxygen in alkaline aqueous and micellar media has been studied. The reaction is initiated by the removal of amino-H⁺ protons of adrenaline by hydroxide ion, followed by cyclization. The values of (1/k _obs) for the autoxidation of both species were found to be linearly dependent upon 1/[OH^?]. The reaction follows a consecutive pathway in which the intermediate adrenochrome remains stable for few minutes, and then undergoes further reactions to yield adrenolutin and other products. The [Cu(adrenochrome)]⁺ complex is stable for a few hours. Studies on the effects of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on the reactivity of both species revealed different behaviors. The micelles of CTAB catalyzed the rates of autoxidation for both species, whereas SDS micelles inhibited the autoxidation of adrenaline but catalyzed the rate of autoxidation of [Cu(adrenaline)]²⁺. Addition of the reactive counterion surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium hydroxide (CTAOH) initially increased the rate constant with the increasing [CTAOH], until it reached a plateau for k _ψ ?[CTAOH]. Salts such as NaCl, NaBr, tetramethyl ammonium bromide, and tetraethyl ammonium bromide increased the rate when added at lower concentrations, but had negligible effect at higher concentrations. The results obtained in micellar media were treated according to Berezin’s Pseudophase Model. The various kinetic parameters for the reactions occurring in aqueous and in micellar media are reported.     

A novel viscoelastic system from a cationic surfactant and a hydrophobic counterion

The phase behavior of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid (2,1-HNC) mixed with cetyltrimethylammonium hydroxide (CTAOH) is reported. This novel system is compared with the published one of 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (3,2-HNC) mixed with CTAOH. We investigated the phase behavior and properties of the phases in aqueous solutions of 100 mM CTAOH with 2,1-HNC. In both systems a multilamellar vesicle phase is formed when the naphthoate/surfactant ratio (r) reaches unity. When an increasing amount of 2,1-HNC is mixed with a micellar solution of 100 mM CTAOH, an isotropic low-viscous micellar solution, a viscoelastic gel (consisting of rodlike micelles), a turbid region (two-phase region), and a viscoelastic liquid crystalline gel (consisting of multilamellar vesicles, MLV) were formed. The vesicular phase is highly viscoelastic and has a yield stress value. The transition from the micellar to the vesicle phase occurs for CTAOH/2,1-HNC over a two-phase region, where micelles and vesicles coexist. Also it was noticed that 2,1-HNC is dissolved in 100 mM CTAOH until the naphthoate/surfactant ratio reaches approximately 1.5, and the liquid crystalline phases were found to change their color systematically when they were viewed between two crossed polarizers. The vesicles have been characterized by differential interference contrast microscopy, freeze-fracture electron microscopy, and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). The vesicles were polydisperse and their diameter ranged from 100 to 1000 nm. The interlamellar spacing between the bilayers was determined with small angle neutron scattering and agrees with the results from different microscopical methods. The complex viscosity rises by six orders of magnitude when rodlike micelles are formed. The complex viscosity decreases again in the turbid region, and then rises approximately six orders of magnitude above the water viscosity. This second rising is due to the formation of the liquid crystalline MLV phase.     

Concentration-dependent dual behavior of hydrophilic ionic liquid in changing properties of aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate

Modifying physicochemical properties of aqueous surfactant solutions in favorable fashion by addition of environmentally benign room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) has enormous future potential. Due to its unusual properties, an IL may demonstrate a unique role in altering the properties of aqueous surfactant solutions. Changes in the properties of aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), an anionic surfactant, upon addition of a common and popular "hydrophilic" ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [bmim][BF4] are presented. Addition of low concentrations of [bmim][BF4] (i.e., 相似文献   

Modulating properties of aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate by adding hydrophobic ionic liquid

Altering and modifying important physicochemical properties of aqueous surfactant solutions is highly desirable as far as potential applications of such systems are concerned. Changes in the properties of aqueous solutions of a common anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) are assessed in the presence of a common and popular 'hydrophobic' ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimPF(6)). Upon addition of up to approximately 0.10 wt% bmimPF(6), a dramatic decrease in critical micelle concentration (cmc) is accompanied by an increase in the degree of counterion dissociation (alpha) and micellar aggregation number (N(agg)) indicating micellar growth. However, in the range 0.10 wt% < or = bmimPF(6) 2.00 wt%, relatively gradual decrease in alpha and N(agg) is observed along with no change in cmc. Significantly decreased microfluidity of the aqueous SDS solutions on addition of bmimPF(6) is indicated by a fluorescence microviscosity probe 1,3-bis-(1-pyrenyl)propane which suggests partitioning of bmimPF(6) into the SDS micellar phase. Behavior of solvatochromic fluorescence probes, pyrene, pyrene-1-carboxaldehyde, and 2-(p-toluidino)naphthalene-6-sulfonate, confirms interaction, and possible complexation, between IL bmimPF(6) and anionic micellar surface. Increased solubility of bmimPF(6) with increasing SDS concentration further confirms SDS-bmimPF(6) interactions. Presence of strong electrostatic attraction between bmim(+) and anionic micellar surface is proposed to be the most dominant reason for these observations. All-in-all, unique role of a hydrophobic ionic liquid bmimPF(6) in modifying the properties of aqueous anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate is demonstrated.     

两相催化体系中双子表面活性剂对1-十二烯氢甲酰化反应的助催化作用

合成了几种具有刚性连接基团的双子表面活性剂,研究了它们在Rh-TPPTS体系中催化长链烯烃氢甲酰化反应中的助催化作用.结果表明,在水/有机两相催化体系中,新型双子表面活性剂的助催化作用比单链表面活性剂CTAB更好,在较低的表面活性剂浓度下能得到较高的反应转化率.这归因于此类表面活性剂有较低的cmc,降低界面张力的能力和对1-十二烯的增溶能力比CTAB更强.     

Role of the hydrophobic effect in the transfer of chirality from molecules to complex systems: from chiral surfactants to porphyrin/surfactant aggregates

The interaction between the achiral sulfonated porphyrin 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin, H 2TPPS 4 (4-), and two chiral cationic surfactants has been studied by optical absorption, fluorescence, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies. At surfactant concentrations above the critical micellar concentration (cmc) the porphyrin is included in the micellar aggregates, but it is CD silent. Below the cmc at a definite porphyrin/surfactant stoichiometry the formation of heteroaggregates with transfer of chirality to the porphyrin chromophore occurs. The preferred surfactant/porphyrin stoichiometry is 3:1, which suggests a structure driven by electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions between porphyrin and surfactant and dipolar and ionic interactions with the water solution. At surfactant concentrations above the cmc, depending on the protocol of preparation of the samples, the formation of the two kinds of aggregates can be observed, reversible for the simple surfactant micelles incorporating the porphyrin, but irreversible for the heteroaggregates.     

Emission behavior of 1-methylaminopyrene in aqueous solution of anionic surfactants

A new fluorescent probe, methylamino derivative of pyrene, has been considered to characterize the concentration dependent emission behavior of an aqueous solution of anionic surfactants, viz., SDS, DSS, and SDBS. It was found that the emission of the probe is uniquely sensitive to the changes in surfactant (anionic) concentration due to the functional group effect of the probe over the parent moiety, pyrene. Here, 1-methylaminopyrene (MAP) showed significant quenching of emission well below the critical micellar concentration (cmc) of the surfactant. Excimer emission of the probe due to the formation of premicellar aggregates of the surfactant solutions at a concentration close to but below the cmc and again an enhanced emission of the probe above the cmc were observed as a consequence of definite MAP-surfactant interactions. These observations assisted the possible quantification ofsurfactant concentrations and their chain length dependent premicellar aggregate formations. Significant monomer emission in relation to probe distribution in micelle was analytically authenticated. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) studies revealed the incorporation of the probe molecules in the micellar core. The fluorophore emission showed nonlinear behavior when the surfactant concentration was far above the cmc. Abrupt changes in the emission characteristics in relation to the micellar concentration led to the determination of the cmc of the surfactants.     

Micellar catalysis by perfluorooctanoic acid

Rates of acidic hydrolysis of hexano-, octano-, and decanohydroxamic acids and of 4-bromophenylaceto- and phenylacetohydroxamic acids have been determined in aqueous perfluorooctanoic acid—a reactive counterion surfactant system. Typical micellar catalysis was observed for the hydrolyses of the n-alkyl hydroxamic acids but not for the arylacetohydroxamic acids. The Arrhenius activation energy for hydrolysis of octano-hydroxamic acid is smaller above the cmc of the surfactant than it is below the cmc.     

Thermodynamics of micelle formation of the counterion coupled gemini surfactant Bis(4-(2-dodecyl)benzenesulfonate)-Jeffamine salt and its dynamic adsorption on sandstone

A novel counterion-coupled gemini (cocogem) surfactant, DBSJ, was synthetized via the 2:1 coupling reaction between 4-(2-dodecyl)benzenesulfonic acid (Lutensit A-LBS) and polypropyleneglycol-bis(2-aminopropyl) ether (Jeffamine D230). The surfactant had a polydispersity index of Mw/Mn = 1.04, as determined by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. The micellar properties of DBSJ in water were investigated in the temperature range 283-348 K by conductometry and titration microcalorimetry. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the cocogem was found to be more than 1 order of magnitude less than that of monomeric sodium 4-(2-dodecyl)benzenesulfonate (SDBS). The mean degree of dissociation in the temperature range studied proved to be alpha = 0.39. The calorimetric enthalpies of micelle formation agreed well with the enthalpies calculated via the van't Hoff relation. The cmc versus T curve passes through a minimum just below room temperature, after which the micelle formation changes from endothermic to exothermic. The Gibbs free energy of micelle formation was nearly constant as the temperature was increased, due to enthalpy/entropy compensation. The isotherm for DBSJ adsorption from aqueous solution onto sandstone was determined by continuous flow frontal analysis solid/liquid chromatography at 298 K and 60 bar. The adsorption of DBSJ on sandstone followed an S-type isotherm. Surface aggregation occurred over an extended range of concentration. Surface saturation was reached at a solution concentration more than 1 order of magnitude less than for monomeric SDBS. This finding is a point of concern in the chemical flooding of oil reservoir rocks to enhance oil recovery.     

Photolysis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines in micellar solutions of anionic and cationic surfactants

The kinetics of the photolysis of substituted 1,2-dihydroquinolines (DHQ) in micellar solutions was studied by steady-state and flash photolysis. The photolysis mechanism depends dramatically on the location of DHQ molecules in micelles, which is governed by the surfactant nature. In micellar solutions of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), where the DHQ molecules are located in the Stern layer, the intermediate species decay kinetics follows a first-order law. When DHQ is in neutral form (pH 4–12), the rate constant of the intermediate carbocation decay increases from 25 to 198 s^?1 with an increasing concentration of DHQ in micelles. The positive micellar catalysis is caused by the acceleration of the final product formation with the DHQ molecule via proton abstraction from the intermediate cation. The formation of several types of intermediate species—carbocations in the aqueous phase and aminyl radicals in micelles—is observed in micellar solutions of the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) due to the preferential location of DHQ molecules in the micellar core. The carbocation decays via a pseudofirst-order reaction with a rate constant close to that in the aqueous solution. The lifetime of the DHQ aminyl radicals in the micellar solutions is longer by several orders of magnitude than the lifetime observed for homogeneous solutions of hydrocarbons and alcohols.     

Ionic liquid induced changes in the properties of aqueous zwitterionic surfactant solution

Modifying properties of aqueous surfactant solutions by addition of external additives is an important area of research. Unusual properties of ionic liquids (ILs) make them ideal candidates for this purpose. Changes in important physicochemical properties of aqueous zwitterionic N-dodecyl- N, N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (SB-12) surfactant solution upon addition of hydrophilic IL 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [bmim][BF 4], are reported. Dynamic light scattering results indicate a dramatic reduction in the average micellar size in the presence of [bmim][BF 4]; micellar (or micelle-like) aggregation in the presence of as high as 30 wt % [bmim][BF 4] is confirmed. Responses from fluorescence probes are used to obtain critical micelle concentration (cmc), aggregation number ( N agg), and dipolarity and microfluidity of the micellar pseudophase of aqueous SB-12 in the presence of [bmim][BF 4]. In general, increasing the amount of [bmim][BF 4] to 30 wt % results in decrease in N agg and increase in cmc. Increase in the dipolarity and the microfluidity of the probe cybotactic region within the micellar pseudophase is observed on increasing [bmim][BF 4] concentration in the solution. It is attributed to increased water penetration into the micellar pseudophase as [bmim][BF 4] is added to aqueous SB-12. It is proposed that IL [bmim][BF 4] behaves similar to an electrolyte and/or a cosurfactant when present at low concentrations and as a polar cosolvent when present at high concentrations. Electrostatic attraction between cation of IL and anion of zwitterion, and anion of IL and cation of zwitterion at low concentrations of [bmim][BF 4] is evoked to explain the observed changes. Presence of IL as cosolvent appears to reduce the efficiency of micellization process by reducing the hydrophobic effect.     

Adsorption of ionic surfactants at an expanding air-water interface

A quantitative model for the kinetics of adsorption of ionic surfactants to an expanding liquid surface is presented for surfactant concentrations below and above the critical micelle concentration (cmc). For surfactant concentrations below the cmc, the electrostatic double layer is accounted for explicitly in the adsorption isotherm. An overflowing cylinder (OFC) was used to create nonequilibrium liquid surfaces under steady-state conditions. Experimental measurements of the surface excess for solutions of cationic surfactants CH3(CH2)n-1N+(CH3)3 Br- (CnTAB, n = 12, 14, 16) and the anionic fluorocarbon surfactant sodium bis(1H,1H-nonafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-CF4) in the OFC are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions for diffusion-controlled adsorption for all concentrations studied below the cmc. For surfactant concentrations above cmc, the diffusion ofmicelles and monomers are handled separately under the assumption of fast micellar breakdown. This simplified model gives excellent agreement for the system C14TAB + 0.1 M NaBr above the cmc. Agreement between theory and experiment for C16TAB + 0.1 M NaBr is less good. A plausible explanation for the discrepancy is that micellar breakdown is no longer fast on the time scale of the OFC (ca. 0.1 s).     

聚丙烯酸接枝辛基酚聚氧乙烯醚的合成、表征和胶束化

通过自由基聚合, 丙烯酸(AA)与辛基酚聚氧乙烯醚丙烯酸酯活性大单体(C8PhEO10Ac)共聚,合成了以聚丙烯酸为主链、C8PhEO10Ac 为支链的水溶性两亲接枝共聚物(PAA-g-C8PhEO10Ac), 用凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)测定其相对数均分子质量为4.37×10⁴, 用FTIR和1H-NMR表征了共聚物的结构和组成, 共聚物分子中丙烯酸单体与活性大单体的摩尔比为9:1, 每个共聚物分子中平均约有32个C8PhEO10侧链. 用表面张力法、荧光探针法和透射电子显微镜对共聚物在水溶液中的自组装行为进行了初步研究, 结果表明, 共聚物分子在第一临界胶束浓度cmc1)和第二临界胶束浓度(cmc2)时都形成了球型胶束. 与cmc1时相比, cmc2时溶液表面张力进一步降低, 胶束内部极性进一步减小, 而且胶束粒径增大、结构紧密. 氯化钠的加入可使共聚物溶液的表面张力和胶束内部极性降低.     

Properties of polyethylene glycol (23) lauryl ether with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in mixed aqueous solutions studied by self-diffusion coefficient NMR

NMR self-diffusion coefficient measurements have been used to study the properties of polyethylene glycol (23) lauryl ether (Brij-35) with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in the mixed aqueous solutions with different mole fractions of CTAB. By fitting the self-diffusion coefficients to the two-state exchange model, the critical micelle concentrations of the two solutes in the mixed solutions (cmc*1 and cmc*2) were obtained. The critical mixed micelle concentrations (cmc*) were then evaluated by the sum of cmc*1 and cmc*2, which are in good agreement with the results measured by the surface tension method. The cmc* values are lower than those of the ideal case of mixing, which indicates that the behavior of the CTAB/Brij-35 system is nonideal. Moderate interactions between CTAB and Brij-35 in their mixtures can be deduced from the interaction parameters (betaM) based on the cmc* obtained by the NMR self-diffusion method. The compositions (x1) of the mixed micelles at different total surfactant concentrations were also evaluated. By using these results, a possible mechanism of mixed micellar formation and a picture of the formation of nonsimultaneous CTAB/Brij-35 binary mixed micelle were proposed. In contrast to the case of CTAB/TX-100 system, Brij-35 molecules have a tendency to form micelles first at any mole fraction of CTAB. The mixed micellar self-diffusion coefficients (Dm) increase slightly at lower CTAB molar ratios, and then speed up with increasing CTAB mole fraction.     

Effects of Amine Oxide Surfactants on Reactions of Bromide and Hydroxide Ions with Methylnaphthalene-2-Sulfonate

The SN2 reaction of Br- with methylnaphthalene-2-sulfonate (MeONs) in water is accelerated by micelles of tetradecyldialkyl amine oxide (alkyl = methyl, n-propyl) and rates increase sharply in HBr due to increased binding of Br- to the protonated amine oxide. Second-order rate constants at the micellar surface are similar to those at surfaces of trialkylammonium and sulfobetaine micelles. The reaction of OH- with MeONs is weakly inhibited by amine oxide micelles, showing that dispersive, as well as coulombic and charge-dipole, forces play a major role in the association of ions with surfaces of micellar aggregates. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.     

Solubilization of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds into n-Decyltrimethylammonium Perfluorocarboxylate Micelles

Solubilization of polycyclic aromatic compounds in aqueous dilute solutions of three cationic amphiphiles was studied. The maximum additive concentrations (MACs) of the aromatic compounds were constant below their critical micelle concentrations (cmcs) and monotonically increased above the cmcs. The first stepwise association constants (K(1)) between a solubilizate monomer and a vacant micelle were evaluated from the MACs for the solubilizates using the mass action model for solubilization into micelles in the dilute solution. The standard Gibbs energy changes of solubilization (DeltaG degrees ) were calculated from K(1), and the enthalpy and entropy changes of solubilization were estimated from the temperature dependence. MACs of each surfactant at the same surfactant concentration above the cmc were different depending on the cmc, but there was little difference in the DeltaG degrees values. Some differences appeared in the enthalpy and entropy values in accordance with their micellar size or degrees of counterion binding to micelles. DeltaG degrees for solubilization decreased linearly with carbon number of aromatic solubilizate for each micellar solution. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Mixed micelle formation among anionic gemini surfactant (212) and its monomer (SDMA) with conventional surfactants (C12E5 and C12E8) in brine solution at pH 11

The micellization of anionic gemini surfactant, N,N'-ethylene(bis(sodium N-dodecanoyl-beta-alaninate)) (212), and its monomer, N-dodecanoyl-N-methyl alaninate (SDMA), and polyethoxylated nonionic surfactants, C(12)E(5) and C(12)E(8), has been studied tensiometrically in pure and mixed states in an aqueous solution of 0.1 M NaCl at pH 11 to determine physicochemical properties such as critical micellar concentration (cmc), surface tension at the cmc (gamma(cmc)), maximum surface excess (Gamma(max)) and minimum area per surfactant molecule at the air/water interface (A(min)). The theories of Rosen, Rubingh, Motomura, Maeda, and Nagarajan have been applied to investigate the interaction between those surfactants at the interface and in the micellar solution, the composition of the aggregates formed, the theoretical cmc in pure and mixed states, and the structural parameters as proposed by Tanford and Israelachvili. Various thermodynamic parameters (free energy of micellization and interfacial adsorption) have been calculated with the help of regular solution theory and the pseudophase model for micellization.     

新型腰果酚双子表面活性剂的合成及表面活性

以天然生物质腰果酚、1,3-二溴丙烷及氯磺酸为原料,通过醚化、磺化及中和三步反应合成了一类新型的腰果酚基磺酸盐双子(Gemini)表面活性剂.采用傅立叶转换红外光谱仪和核磁共振谱仪表征了产物的结构;采用滴体积法测定了腰果酚Gemini表面活性剂的表面张力,研究了水溶液的表面性质,并与相应的单基腰果酚基磺酸盐表面活性剂进行了对比.结果表明:腰果酚Gemini表面活性剂水溶液的临界胶束浓度(cmc)为6.20×10-2 mmol.L-1,远小于相应的单基腰果酚表面活性剂水溶液的cmc(8.40mmol.L-1);其临界表面张力γcmc为36.92mN.m-1,与单基腰果酚表面活性剂水溶液的相近(γcmc为38.41mN.m-1).与此同时,腰果酚Gemini表面活性剂水溶液的最小分子截面积Amin为0.27nm2,比相应的单基表面活性剂水溶液的小得多.     

Partitioning of macrocyclic compounds in a cationic and an anionic micellar solution: a small-angle neutron scattering study

Following a previous investigation on partitioning of some macrocycle compounds in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) aqueous solutions and their effect on the micellar structure, a small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) study has been performed at fixed surfactant content (0.20 mol/L) and varying macrocycle concentrations from 0.20 up to 1.0 mol/L. Conductivity measurements have been also performed in order to evaluate the effect of the presence of macrocycles on the critical micellar concentration (cmc) of the two surfactants. SANS experimental data were fitted successfully by means of a core-plus-shell monodisperse prolate ellipsoid model. It has been found that 1,4,7,10,13,16-esaoxacyclooctadecane (18C6) and 4,7,13,16-tetraoxa-1,10-diazacyclooctadecane (22) do not interact with DTAB micelles whereas their sodium complexes interact with SDS aggregates and partially localize, as a consequence of electrostatic interaction, on the micellar surface or in the Stern layer. 2,5,8,11,14,17-Hexaoxabicyclo[16.4.0] dicosane (B18C6), as a consequence of the increased hydrophobic character with respect to 18C6, interacts with DTAB hydrocarbon chains and partially localizes in the inner part of micelles. This finding has been successfully used to justify the higher amount of B18C6 compared to the 18C6 one found in the SDS micellar phase. The substituted crown ether has been found localized both on the micelle surface via complex formation and in the inner part of micelles as a consequence of the increased hydrophobic character. For all systems, the aggregate size primarily decreases with the amount of macrocycle in the micellar phase. The interpretation of cmc trends as a function ofmacrocycle concentration gives information on its distribution between micellar and aqueous phases that is in line with SANS results.     

Micelle formation of nonionic surfactants in a room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate: surfactant chain length dependence of the critical micelle concentration

Micellization behavior was investigated for polyoxyethylene-type nonionic surfactants with varying chain length (C(n)E(m)) in a room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmimBF(4)). Critical micelle concentration (cmc) was determined from the variation of (1)H NMR chemical shift with the surfactant concentration. The logarithmic value of cmc decreased linearly with the number of carbon atoms in the surfactant hydrocarbon chain, similarly to the case observed in aqueous surfactant solutions. However, the slope of the straight line is much smaller in bmimBF(4) than in aqueous solution. Thermodynamic parameters for micelle formation estimated from the temperature dependence of cmc showed that the micellization in bmimBF(4) is an entropy-driven process around room temperature. This behavior is also similar to the case in aqueous solution. However, the magnitude of the entropic contribution to the overall micellization free energy in bmimBF(4) is much smaller compared with that in aqueous solution. These results suggest that the micellization in bmimBF(4) proceeds through a mechanism similar to the hydrophobic interaction in aqueous surfactant solutions, although the solvophobic effect in bmimBF(4) is much weaker than the hydrophobic effect.