Chromatographic and spectroscopic methods for the determination of solvent properties of room temperature ionic liquids

Room temperature ionic liquids are novel solvents with favorable environmental and technical features. Synthetic routes to over 200 room temperature ionic liquids are known but for most ionic liquids physicochemical data are generally lacking or incomplete. Chromatographic and spectroscopic methods afford suitable tools for the study of solvation properties under conditions that approximate infinite dilution. Gas-liquid chromatography is suitable for the determination of gas-liquid partition coefficients and activity coefficients as well as thermodynamic constants derived from either of these parameters and their variation with temperature. The solvation parameter model can be used to define the contribution from individual intermolecular interactions to the gas-liquid partition coefficient. Application of chemometric procedures to a large database of system constants for ionic liquids indicates their unique solvent properties: low cohesion for ionic liquids with weakly associated ions compared with non-ionic liquids of similar polarity; greater hydrogen-bond basicity than typical polar non-ionic solvents; and a range of dipolarity/polarizability that encompasses the same range as occupied by the most polar non-ionic liquids. These properties can be crudely related to ion structures but further work is required to develop a comprehensive approach for the design of ionic liquids for specific applications. Data for liquid-liquid partition coefficients is scarce by comparison with gas-liquid partition coefficients. Preliminary studies indicate the possibility of using the solvation parameter model for interpretation of liquid-liquid partition coefficients determined by shake-flask procedures as well as the feasibility of using liquid-liquid chromatography for the convenient and rapid determination of liquid-liquid partition coefficients. Spectroscopic measurements of solvatochromic and fluorescent probe molecules in room temperature ionic liquids provide insights into solvent intermolecular interactions although interpretation of the different and generally uncorrelated "polarity" scales is sometimes ambiguous. All evidence points to the ionic liquids as a unique class of polar solvents suitable for technical development. In terms of designer solvents, however, further work is needed to fill the gaps in our knowledge of the relationship between ion structures and physicochemical properties.     

Temperature and concentration dependence of diffusion coefficients in ethylene–propylene-diene copolymers

Self-diffusion and partition coefficients were measured for two commercial ethylene–propylene-diene copolymers (EPDM) and five solvents at infinite dilution using inverse gas chromatography. Mutual diffusion coefficients for solvents in EPDM also were measured for finite concentration using gravimetric sorption for three of the solvents. From the inverse gas chromatography experimental values for self-diffusion coefficients were obtained. Free-volume parameters were obtained through regression of the self-diffusion coefficient as a function of temperature. Mutual diffusion coefficients as a function of concentration were predicted using free volume theory and compared with experimental data obtained using gravimetric sorption. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 1713–1719, 1998     

Ion-specific equation coefficient version of the Abraham model for ionic liquid solvents: determination of coefficients for tributylethylphosphonium, 1-butyl-1-methylmorpholinium, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium and octyltriethylammonium cations

Gas-to-ionic liquid partition coefficient data have been assembled from the published chemical literature for solutes dissolved in 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide, octyltriethylammonium bis(trifluomethyl-sulphonyl)imide, tributylethylphosphonium diethylphosphate and 1-butyl-1-methylmorpholinium tricyanomethanide. The published experimental data were converted to water-to-ionic liquid partition coefficients using standard thermodynamic relationships. Both sets of partition coefficients were correlated with the Abraham solvation parameter model. The derived Abraham model correlations described the observed partition coefficient data to within 0.13 log units. Cation-specific equation coefficients were calculated for each of the cations present in the five ionic liquid solvents studied. The calculated cation-specific equation coefficients can be combined with previously reported ion-specific equation coefficients for 19 different anions to yield Abraham model correlations for predicting the partitioning the behaviour of solutes in 76 different anhydrous ionic liquid solvents.     

Solute-solvent interaction parameters by gas chromatography

Gas-liquid distribution coefficients at ideal dilution in non-volatile solvents can be measured by gas chromatography. The numerical value of a coefficient depends on the choice of the concentration unit in the solvent and in the gas phase. The relationships between different coefficients characterizing gas-liquid equilibria are discussed and summarized. Coefficients determined at several temperatures permit calculation of the standard chemical potential difference of the solute with the ideal gas phase as reference as a function of temperature, the g-SPOT. Following the proposal of Kirchhoff the latter can be formulated as an equation with three constants. As in the gas phase the molecules of the solute have no interacting partners, the three constants, deltaH, deltaS and deltaC, characterize the interaction between solvent and solute molecules. They will be called the "solute-solvent interaction parameters". In the same system the values of these parameters depend on the choice of the distribution coefficient. Five different distribution coefficients result five sets of interaction parameters. It is shown that conversion of a parameter set to another implies additive corrections independent of the nature of the solute. If g-SPOT-s are measured in a series of solvents, the data may be used to calculate the corresponding liquid-liquid partition coefficients by electing one of the solvents as reference (l-SPOT). The corresponding "relative interaction parameters" can be calculated by simple substraction. In a second chapter the precautions are summarized, necessary for gas chromatographic determination of distribution coefficients and examples are given for interaction parameters in different systems. It is concluded that there are significant differences between g-SPOT-s related to different distribution coefficients. On the other hand, differences between l-SPOT-s are negligible.     

Prediction of extraction efficiency in supported liquid membrane with a stagnant acceptor phase by means of artificial neural network

An artificial neural network model of supported liquid membrane extraction process with a stagnant acceptor phase is proposed. Triazine herbicides and phenolic compounds were used as model compounds. The model is able to predict the compound extraction efficiency within the same family based on the octanol–water partition coefficient, water solubility, molecular mass and ionisation constant of the compound. The network uses the back‐propagation algorithm for evaluating the connection strengths representing the correlations between inputs (octanol–water partition coefficients logP, acid dissociation constant pK_a, water solubility and molecular weight) and outputs (extraction efficiency in dihexyl ether and undecane as organic solvents). The model predicted results in good agreement with the experimental data and the average deviations for all the cases are found to be smaller than ±3%. Moreover, standard statistical methods were applied for exploration of relationships between studied parameters.     

Quantitative Prediction of Ionic Liquid-Gas Partition Coefficients for Residual Solvents by HS-GC

The aim of this study was to establish a method to determine the partition coefficients of residual solvents (eight aliphatic alcohols) between three ionic liquid and gas phases by headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC). In this article, a modeling study was carried out using statistical analysis, and a general model was established to predict the ionic liquid-gas partition coefficients (K) for these solvents. Factors that affect the logK, including parameters of physical properties of these solvents, such as T _b (the temperature of boiling points) and logP _O/W (the logarithm of the octanol/water partition coefficient for a solvent), were used in the model. Through this model the logK of the analyzed solvent can be calculated, and the sensitivity of the method is associated with logK. Therefore, this study provides helpful guidance for the application of ionic liquids as matrix media to the analysis of solvents by HS-GC.     

气液色谱法测量醇类在惰性溶剂中的无限稀热力学函数

用气液色谱法测量了在不同温度下C_1～C_4醇类的各种异构物在C_(16)～C_(23)正构烷烃、角鲨烷,和角鲨烯中的无限稀活度系数γ_i,偏摩尔过量焓、偏摩尔过量熵。在各种溶剂中γ_i、均大于1,在同一溶剂中γ_i依下列次序减小: 甲醇>乙醇>正丙醇>正丁醇; 正丙醇>异丙醇; 正丙醇>异丁醇>仲丁醇>叔丁醇同一种醇在角鲨烯中的γ_i较在角鲨烷中为低。异构醇类的低于正构醇类。所测的有随的增加而增加的趋势。     

Solvatochromic Linear Solvation Energy Relationships (LSER) for Solubility of Gases in Various Solvents by Target Factor Analysis

A linear solvation free energy relationship has been conducted to study the effects of solvent and solute properties on the free energy of solvation of inert gases and normal alkanes in different solvents. Factor analysis combined with target factor analysis was used to identify and quantify the factors controlling the variation of free energies of solvation, without the need to postulate any priori hypothetical method. Factor analysis of the solvation data revealed that there are two factors affecting the solubility of both types of gases in non‐polar as well as polar solvents. Target testing of the solvent parameters indicated that the Hildebrand solubility parameter of solvents is the major factor controlling the solubility of gases. Moreover, it was found that the coefficient of the Hildebrand solubility parameter in the linear solvation free energy equations has linear correlation with energy of vaporization and Lennard‐Jones force parameter of inert gases and number of carbon atoms and energy of vaporization of normal alkanes.     

改变相比/顶空气相色谱法测定变压器油中溶解气体的分配常数

采用改变相比/顶空气相色谱法测定了甲烷、乙炔、乙烯、乙烷和丙烷在变压器油中的分配常数。顶空瓶中的气体样品经石英毛细管送到气相色谱仪的六通进样阀样品管中,然后进行分离和定量。采用标准曲线法定量,通过测定5个不同相比时轻烃组分的顶空浓度,计算顶空浓度倒数与相比之间的线性回归方程,测定了20 ℃和50 ℃时烃类气体在变压器油中溶解气体的分配常数。除甲烷外,计算所得的分配常数与文献值基本吻合,油中溶解气体浓度的实验值与实际值之间的相对误差小于4.14%,表明用此方法可以测定不同温度下变压器油中溶解气体的分     

The effects of adsorption of solutes on glassware and teflon in the calculation of partition coefficients for solid-phase microextraction with 1PS paper

Solid-phase microextraction presents numerous advantages over traditional extraction techniques. However, the determination of partition coefficients is not as simple as it may appear. For very nonpolar compounds, such as polycyclic aromatic compounds, adsorption to the glass wall of the extraction vial and the Teflon coating of the stir bar may be quite significant. These interactions must be taken into account when calculating partition coefficients. Failing to do this may lead to large errors in the value of the partition coefficient, particularly for very nonpolar compounds. Three polar compounds and seven polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were partitioned individually between Whatman 1PS paper and water solutions of the compounds. The partition coefficiencts were calculated with two equations, and detailed mass balance data were acquired for the adsorption of the solute on the stir bar, glass vial, and 1PS paper. The mass data were compared with the partition coefficients, and important conclusions were made about the practical use of the partition coefficients.     

Correlation and prediction of partition coefficient between the gas phase and water, and the solvents dry methyl acetate, dry and wet ethyl acetate, and dry and wet butyl acetate

Experimental partition coefficient data have been compiled from the published literature for the water/methyl acetate, water/ethyl acetate and water/butyl acetate partition systems, log P data, and for the gas/methyl acetate, gas/ethyl acetate and gas/butyl acetate partition systems, log K data. Application of the Abraham solvation parameter model to the sets of partition coefficients leads to equations that correlate the log P data and log K data to 0.18 log units for the three dry alkyl acetate solvents. Slightly larger deviations were noted for solute partition into both wet ethyl acetate and wet butyl acetate. The derived correlations were validated using training set and test set analyses.     

Determination of liquid-liquid partition data for hydrazoic acid between tributylphosphate-alkane/nitric acid solutions using gas-liquid chromatography

The gas chromatographic technique of elution by characteristic point (ECP) has been used to determine partition data for HN₃ at finite concentrations with tributyl phosphate (TBP) in hydrocarbon (hexadecane) solution in the presence of nitric acid and uranyl nitrate. The data are used to derive predictive equations for calculating gas-liquid and liquid-liquid partition coefficients for varying temperature and varying concentrations of TBP, HNO₃, UO₂(NO₃)₂, and HN₃ in hydrocarbon solvents simulating nuclear fuel reprocessing flow sheets. The chromatographically derived partition data presented, being based on more precise measurements than were previously possible using conventional methods, allowed demonstration and quantification of the logarithmic temperature effect expected, but previously unobservable.     

Solvation free energies and partition coefficients with the coarse-grained and hybrid all-atom/coarse-grained MARTINI models

We present the estimation of solvation free energies of small solutes in water, n-octanol and hexane using molecular dynamics simulations with two MARTINI models at different resolutions, viz. the coarse-grained (CG) and the hybrid all-atom/coarse-grained (AA/CG) models. From these estimates, we also calculate the water/hexane and water/octanol partition coefficients. More than 150 small, organic molecules were selected from the Minnesota solvation database and parameterized in a semi-automatic fashion. Using either the CG or hybrid AA/CG models, we find considerable deviations between the estimated and experimental solvation free energies in all solvents with mean absolute deviations larger than 10 kJ/mol, although the correlation coefficient is between 0.55 and 0.75 and significant. There is also no difference between the results when using the non-polarizable and polarizable water model, although we identify some improvements when using the polarizable model with the AA/CG solutes. In contrast to the estimated solvation energies, the estimated partition coefficients are generally excellent with both the CG and hybrid AA/CG models, giving mean absolute deviations between 0.67 and 0.90 log units and correlation coefficients larger than 0.85. We analyze the error distribution further and suggest avenues for improvements.     

Effect of blend composition on diffusivity and solubility of small molecules in polystyrene/poly(vinyl methyl ether) blends

The capillary column inverse gas chromatography technique was used to determine diffusivity and solubility data for several solvents in polymer blends composed of polystyrene and poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME). Diffusivity behaved as expected, increasing as the concentration of PVME increased in the blend. Knowing only the free‐volume parameters for the pure polymers, the free‐volume theory was successfully applied to predict the dependence of the diffusion coefficients on the blend composition. Transport in blends above the glass transition temperature is controlled by free volume, and the effect of concentration fluctuations is minimal at the temperatures studied. Experimental data show an increase in the partition coefficient of some solvents in the blends with respect to the pure polymers. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 2071–2082, 2007     

Solvent effects in gel chromatography: the relationship between the distribution coefficients of metal acetylacetonates and solubility parameters of solvents

Distribution coefficients of metal acetylacetonates such as Al(acac)₃, Cr(acac)₃ and Co(acac)₃ etc., and n-alkanes in porous polystyrene gel chromatography with ten organic solvents as eluants were estimated and compared with those obtained by the batch method in two solvent systems. Solubility parameters of the metal acetylacetonates were determined. There is a relationship between the distribution coefficients and solubility parameters of solutes and solvents. Two factors (steric exclusion and partition) play important rôles in each solvent for the separation mechanisms of the present systems. The latter factor was estimated successfully from a regular solutions approximation.     

Prediction of aqueous solubility of organic compounds by the general solubility equation (GSE)

The revised general solubility equation (GSE) is used along with four different methods including Huuskonen's artificial neural network (ANN) and three multiple linear regression (MLR) methods to estimate the aqueous solubility of a test set of the 21 pharmaceutically and environmentally interesting compounds. For the selected test sets, it is clear that the GSE and ANN predictions are more accurate than MLR methods. The GSE has the advantages of being simple and thermodynamically sound. The only two inputs used in the GSE are the Celsius melting point (MP) and the octanol water partition coefficient (K(ow)). No fitted parameters and no training data are used in the GSE, whereas other methods utilize a large number of parameters and require a training set. The GSE is also applied to a test set of 413 organic nonelectrolytes that were studied by Huuskonen. Although the GSE uses only two parameters and no training set, its average absolute errors is only 0.1 log units larger than that of the ANN, which requires many parameters and a large training set. The average absolute error AAE is 0.54 log units using the GSE and 0.43 log units using Huuskonen's ANN modeling. This study provides evidence for the GSE being a convenient and reliable method to predict aqueous solubilities of organic compounds.     

Determination of polydimethylsiloxane-air partition coefficients using headspace sorptive extraction

Polydimethylsiloxane-air partition coefficients (K(PDMS-A)) were determined using direct headspace analysis and headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) with polydimethylsiloxane-coated (PDMS) stir bars. The partition coefficients were investigated for three compounds, p-dichlorobenzene (PDCB), naphthalene and camphor, all of which sublimate at room temperature and find use as moth repellents. In order to determine the K(PDMS-A) values of these compounds, the air concentration and the concentration present on PDMS, both at equilibrium, were measured. The results indicate that PDMS-air partition coefficients are proportional to octanol-air partition coefficients. Thus, the latter could be used to estimate the extraction efficiency of PDMS for these compounds in air. Alternatively, octanol-air partition coefficients for organic compounds could be estimated from the PDMS-air partition coefficient values. As expected, the PDMS-air (or octanol-air) partition coefficient increased with decreasing temperature. Importantly, the partition coefficients determined at saturated vapor pressures were lower than the values determined at lower analyte concentrations, with the differences being greater for compounds with larger partition coefficients. Consequently, caution should be exercised when applying K(PDMS-A) values determined at high analyte concentrations to measurements at lower concentrations, especially when the partition coefficients are large.