An influence of the spatial arrangement, length of the alkyl chain and temperature on micellar properties of N-alkyl-N-{[2-(benzyloxy)cyclohexylmethyl]}-N,N-dimethylammonium bromides in aqueous solutions

In this work we study influence of the length of the alkyl chain and temperature on critical micellar concentration (CMC) for cis and trans diastereoisomers of the N-alkyl-N-{[2-(benzyloxy)cyclohexylmethyl]}-N, N-dimethylammonium bromides in aqueous solutions using conductometric and spectrophotometric techniques. From the measured dependences, the degree of the counterion binding (beta) and thermodynamic parameters of micellization (Delta G(m)(0), Delta H-m(0), Delta S-m(0)) were calculated and compared with the literature data on similar compounds. The results show that lengthening of the alkyl chain by one methylene group causes approximately a two-fold reduction in CMC. The beta values decrease with temperature and with increasing length of the alkyl chain. While only a small decrease in the Delta G(m)(0) values (ca 1 kJ mol(-1)) due to increasing temperature was found, the decrease in Delta H-m(0) is much more pronounced.