The impact of the counterion in the performance of ionic hydrotropes†
Dinis O.
Abranches, 
a
Jordana
Benfica,
a
Bruna P.
Soares,
a
Ana M.
Ferreira,
a
Tânia E.
Sintra,
a
Seishi
Shimizu
b
and
João A. P.
Coutinho
*a
a
Jordana
Benfica,
a
Bruna P.
Soares,
a
Ana M.
Ferreira,
a
Tânia E.
Sintra,
a
Seishi
Shimizu
b
and
João A. P.
Coutinho
*a
Abstract
The efficiency of an ionic hydrotrope is shown to increase with the hydrophobicity of its counterion, challenging the common view that ionic hydrotropes should possess a small, densely charged counterion such as sodium or chloride.
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