Issue 8, 2014

Ionicity of acetate-based protic ionic liquids: evidence for both liquid and gaseous phases

Abstract

Low ionicity at high temperatures has been detected for a series of acetate-based protic ionic liquids (PILs), which form neutral components as a result of back proton transfer through an equilibrium shift. By utilising temperature dependence of 15N NMR, neutral and ionised species are observed. In the meantime, 15N NMR and Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infra Red (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy indicates that the strength of directional hydrogen bonds is weakened at high temperatures, and ions form aggregates rather than precursor molecules. In situ FT-IR and gas chromatography-electron ionization mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS) investigations show that the acetate-based PILs exist as both precursor molecules and ion pairs in the gaseous phase. Theoretical FT-IR vibrational mode analysis, the potential energy surface profile and Atom in Molecular (AIM) analysis of the PILs have been utilized to reveal the essential bonding information, which provides a guide for further application of the PILs.

Graphical abstract: Ionicity of acetate-based protic ionic liquids: evidence for both liquid and gaseous phases

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Mar 2014
Accepted
26 Apr 2014
First published
28 Apr 2014

New J. Chem., 2014,38, 3449-3456

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Ionicity of acetate-based protic ionic liquids: evidence for both liquid and gaseous phases

X. Sun, S. Liu, A. Khan, C. Zhao, C. Yan and T. Mu, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 3449 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ00384E

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