Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid–aromatic mixtures†
Abstract
1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium containing ionic liquids with hexafluorophosphate, bis(trifyl)imide, tetrafluoroborate, and chloride anions form liquid clathrates when mixed with aromatic hydrocarbons; in the system 1,3-dimethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate–benzene, the aromatic solute could be trapped in the solid state forming a crystalline 2∶1 inclusion compound.
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