If you do FASI on limonene, what happens if you reuse the limo in further pulls from the basic soup?
Limo mixes with IPA and IPA mixes with water, but limo doesn't mix with water. And I'm wondering, if you do the next pull with limo to which FASI has been added, will the IPA stay in the limo phase or migrate to the aqueous phase? And how does that affect the extraction?
Will it make the limo and water more miscible and lead to emulsions?
If there is a fumaric acid excess in the limo/IPA mix, and it reacts with the base in the aqueous phase, it will neutralize some of the base and bring the pH down, but a small excess should have a negligible effect, and if it's not negligible, one can always add more base. So I guess the fumaric acid is not a problem.