Efficiency of fluorinated alcohol for extraction of organic acid from its dilute aqueous solution: A model study

The perflouorinated octanol, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluoro-1-octanol, is selected as a model extractant to compare the extract behaviors with traditional n-octanol. Experimental results show that the 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluoro-1-octanol is sufficiently hydrophobic to avoid its own losing in the feed solution of less than 2 ppm.