	US 12,344,537 B2
	Method for synthesizing a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent
Jian Shi, Lexington, KY (US); Wenqi Li, Lexington, KY (US); Jameson Hunter, Lexington, KY (US); and Yuxuan Zhang, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Filed by University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,586.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,612, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144669 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. C08H 8/00 (2010.01); B01D 11/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/26 (2023.01); C02F 101/30 (2006.01)

CPC C02F 1/26 (2013.01) [C02F 2101/30 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A method for synthesizing a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent, comprising:

mixing a first compound with a second compound to create a mixture;

heating the mixture; and

stirring the mixture until a homogenous liquid is obtained;

wherein the first compound and the second compound are not the same compound;

wherein the first compound is menthol, thymol, decanoic acid, or 2,6-dimethoxyphenol; and

wherein the second compound is 2,6-dimethoxyphenol, phenol, 1-pheylethanol, guaiacol, vanillin, or 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol.