CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review

Surfactants are crystallizing a certain focus for consumer interest, and their market is still expected to grow by 4 to 5% each year. Most of the time these surfactants are of petroleum origin and are not often biodegradable. Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) is a promising non-edible renewable resourc...

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Main Authors: Audrey Roy, Pauline Fajardie, Bénédicte Lepoittevin, Jérôme Baudoux, Vincent Lapinte, Sylvain Caillol, Benoit Briou
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/4/1443
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author Audrey Roy
Pauline Fajardie
Bénédicte Lepoittevin
Jérôme Baudoux
Vincent Lapinte
Sylvain Caillol
Benoit Briou
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description Surfactants are crystallizing a certain focus for consumer interest, and their market is still expected to grow by 4 to 5% each year. Most of the time these surfactants are of petroleum origin and are not often biodegradable. Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) is a promising non-edible renewable resource, directly extracted from the shell of the cashew nut. The interesting structure of CNSL and its components (cardanol, anacardic acid and cardol) lead to the synthesis of biobased surfactants. Indeed, non-ionic, anionic, cationic and zwitterionic surfactants based on CNSL have been reported in the literature. Even now, CNSL is absent or barely mentioned in specialized review or chapters talking about synthetic biobased surfactants. Thus, this review focuses on CNSL as a building block for the synthesis of surfactants. In the first part, it describes and criticizes the synthesis of molecules and in the second part, it compares the efficiency and the properties (CMC, surface tension, kraft temperature, biodegradability) of the obtained products with each other and with commercial ones.
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spelling doaj.art-8b511b7c519d4934a8d4fd95705a400c2023-11-23T21:24:04ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492022-02-01274144310.3390/molecules27041443CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical ReviewAudrey Roy0Pauline Fajardie1Bénédicte Lepoittevin2Jérôme Baudoux3Vincent Lapinte4Sylvain Caillol5Benoit Briou6Orpia Innovation, CNRS, Bâtiment Chimie Balard, 1919 Route de Mendes, 34000 Montpellier, FranceInstitut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, FranceLaboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Thio-Organique (LCMT), Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, UMR CNRS 6507, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, FranceLaboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Thio-Organique (LCMT), Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, UMR CNRS 6507, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, FranceInstitut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, FranceInstitut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, FranceOrpia Innovation, CNRS, Bâtiment Chimie Balard, 1919 Route de Mendes, 34000 Montpellier, FranceSurfactants are crystallizing a certain focus for consumer interest, and their market is still expected to grow by 4 to 5% each year. Most of the time these surfactants are of petroleum origin and are not often biodegradable. Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) is a promising non-edible renewable resource, directly extracted from the shell of the cashew nut. The interesting structure of CNSL and its components (cardanol, anacardic acid and cardol) lead to the synthesis of biobased surfactants. Indeed, non-ionic, anionic, cationic and zwitterionic surfactants based on CNSL have been reported in the literature. Even now, CNSL is absent or barely mentioned in specialized review or chapters talking about synthetic biobased surfactants. Thus, this review focuses on CNSL as a building block for the synthesis of surfactants. In the first part, it describes and criticizes the synthesis of molecules and in the second part, it compares the efficiency and the properties (CMC, surface tension, kraft temperature, biodegradability) of the obtained products with each other and with commercial ones.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/4/1443CNSLcardanolsurfactantbiobased
spellingShingle Audrey Roy
Pauline Fajardie
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Jérôme Baudoux
Vincent Lapinte
Sylvain Caillol
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CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
Molecules
CNSL
cardanol
surfactant
biobased
title CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
title_full CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
title_fullStr CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
title_full_unstemmed CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
title_short CNSL, a Promising Building Blocks for Sustainable Molecular Design of Surfactants: A Critical Review
title_sort cnsl a promising building blocks for sustainable molecular design of surfactants a critical review
topic CNSL
cardanol
surfactant
biobased
url https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/4/1443
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