Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) are miscible in water due to hydrogen (H) bonding. Amphiphilic glycerol and sucrose esters with a different number of tails and heads separate them, depending on the organic solvent concentration. Separation is worse in solutions where amphiphiles are most soluble. Separation occurs due to interactions between the amphiphiles and either organic solvents or water, as shown by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). Separation is best with glycerol esters with more heads and tails. Multiple tails hamper interactions between glycerol ester heads, thereby facilitating interactions with organic solvents or water to promote solvent–water separation. THF interacts with the glycerol ester tails, while water H bonds with the glycerol ester heads, as indicated by activity coefficients estimated with conductor-like screening model for real solvents. In THF, amphiphiles self-assemble into micelles, as shown by small angle x ray scattering (SAXS). Without water, THF is likely both inside and outside the micelles. SAXS shows that micelles shrink with 4% water in THF because water molecules partition inside them and are smaller than THF. With additional water, micelles swell into emulsions. Dissimilar to THF, DMSO preferentially interacts with the glycerol ester heads rather than their tails. ATR-FTIR shows that the proportion of free vs bonded S=O groups of DMSO decreases upon mixing with glycerol esters. DMSO and glycerol esters primarily accept H bonds, as indicated by their sigma profile. This leads to competition for interactions with water, displacing DMSO.
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