Measurement and thermodynamic modelling of ternary liquid-liquid equilibrium for extraction of thioglycolic acid from aqueous solution with different solvents

Liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for the ternary systems {water + thioglycolic acid + (butyl acetate, isobutyl acetate or isopropyl acetate)} were determined at 293.15 K and 101.3 kPa. The solubility values were obtained by using the titration method. Moreover, the Hand and Othmer-Tobias equations were applied to validate the reliability of the obtained LLE values, and the distribution coefficients and separation factors were calculated to...