Fluorinated Pyridinium and Ammonium Cationic Surfactants

Allison Yake, Tanya Corder, Kenneth Moloy, Timothy Coope, Charles Taylor, Ming Hung, Sheng Pung

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Abstract

New classes of partially fluorinated cationic surfactants, including pyridinium sulfonates and ammonium hydrochlorides have been prepared in which a fluoroalkyl chain is interrupted either by ether oxygen (—O—), or by methylene (—CH2—) units. These surfactants are obtained from multi-step syntheses via intermediate fluoroalkyl ethylene iodides (RfO(CF2CF2)nCH2CH2I, Rf = C3F7, C2F5,n = 1–3 or Rf(CH2CF2)m(CH2CH2)n, Rf = C4F9, C6F13m = 0–2, n = 1–2) or fluoroalkyl iodides (RfI, Rf = C3F7O(CF2CF2)3I, C6F13). The surface activities of these fluorinated cationic surfactants were examined and compared to commercially available fluorinated cationic surfactants used as additives in oil field applications. Some examples demonstrated good performance relative to controls yet are more fluorine efficient because they have lower fluorine content than their perfluoroalkyl analogues. For the ammonium hydrochlorides, the effect of different spacer groups between the cation and the fluorinated chain including ethylene, butylene and isopropylidene on surface activity was also examined.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)46-55
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Fluorine Chemistry
Volume187
Early online date26 May 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2016

Keywords

  • Fluorosurfactant
  • Fluorinated pyridinium salt
  • Fluorinated ammonium hydrochloride
  • Surface tension
  • Foaming
  • Oil field

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