A solvent mixture of 1-hexanol and butyl acetate has been successfully used for the extraction of penicillin G. This solvent mixture may not only synergistically and effectively extract penicillin G, but also inhibit emulsion formation during the extraction of penicillin G from the filtrate of the fermentation broth. The equilibrium constants of the extraction, the molar ratios of 1-hexanol and penicillin G in the extracted species and the synergistic extraction of penicillin G have been studied by chemical analysis and by monitoring the absorbency shift in the FT-IR spectra of the functional groups in the solvents.
The equilibrium constants of the extraction, the molar ratios of amines to penicillin G in the extract and the bonding structures of the extracted species were studied with chemical analysis and the absorbance shift of FT‐IR spectra of the functional groups in penicillin G. Extraction of penicillin G from the filtrate of fermentation broth indicates that amines will be difficult to use as the industrial solvent for the production of penicillin G because of the poor quality of the final crystalline product obtained and the difficulties involved in the stripping and solvent recovery.
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