MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPERTIES EVALUATION OF GEMINI IMIDAZOLINE SURFACTANTS BASED ON DIBROMOPROPANE

Microwave synthesis of imidazolines has been proven to have various advantages over conventional thermal methods in terms of reaction duration, better yield and sustainability. Multi-exploitability of imidazolines at industrial level is globally known. Moreover, claims of multi-fold improvement of the properties of gemini surfactants over their conventional monomeric counterparts challenge the researchers to synthesize gemini imidazoline surfactants using green synthetic routes. Cost-effective products provide an additional demand to commercialize the product easily. This research involves the microwave synthesis of gemini imidazolines using easily available, low-cost reactants. Synthesized products were characterized using standard characterization procedures and were evaluated for their surface-active properties and applications.