Issue 46, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Tuning solute redox potentials by varying the anion component of room temperature ionic liquids

Linhongjia Xiong,a   Ai M. Fletcher,b   Stephen G. Davies,b   Sarah E. Norman,c   Christopher Hardacrec  and  Richard G. Compton*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
E-mail: Richard.compton@chem.ox.ac.uk
Fax: (+44) (0) 1865 275 410

b Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK

c School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, QUILL Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK

Abstract

The electrode potentials for the two one electron oxidations of 1,2-diferrocenylethylene (bisferrocene, BF) were studied relative to that of the one electrode oxidation of decamethylferrocene in a variety of RTILs. The difference in these potentials was found to be very sensitive to the anion component of the ionic liquid showing the scope of these solutes as ‘designer media’ to tune the thermodynamic properties of solutes dissolved in them.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32308G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Mar 2012
Accepted
20 Apr 2012
First published
20 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5784-5786

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Tuning solute redox potentials by varying the anion component of room temperature ionic liquids

L. Xiong, A. M. Fletcher, S. G. Davies, S. E. Norman, C. Hardacre and R. G. Compton, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5784 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32308G

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