Thermal‐ and collision‐induced dissociation studies of functionalized imidazolium‐based ionic liquid cations

Ionic liquids are now used in applications ranging from chemical synthesis to spacecraft propulsion. With this comes the need to characterize new syntheses, identify environmental contamination, and determine eventual fate in terrestrial and space environments. This work investigates the effects of source conditions, particularly capillary temperature, on the observed mass spectrum and determines the collision‐induced dissociation (CID) patterns of imidazolium‐based ionic liquid cations as a function of their substituent types. Experiments were carried out on a Thermo LTQ‐XL ion‐trap mass spectrometer and a Bruker microTOF‐Q II mass spectrometer. Dissociation of the imidazolium cations occurred predominantly via substituent losses, except in benzyl‐substituted systems, for which the neutral loss of the imidazole was exclusively observed. Several of these dissociation pathways were studied in greater depth using complementary quantum chemical calculations. The nature of the neutral losses from the substituents was found to be highly dependent upon the nature of the substituent, as would be expected, establishing bases for characterization.     

Phosphonium-based protic ionic liquid as electrolyte for carbon-based supercapacitors

This study describes the use of a solution of a phosphonium protic ionic liquid [Bu₃HP][BF₄] (3.4 mol L⁻¹) in acetonitrile as an electrolyte for carbon-based supercapacitors, with an operating voltage of 1.5 V and capacities comparable to conventional aqueous electrolytes. The combination of good cycling abilities and an operating temperature ranging from − 40 °C to 80 °C rendered possible the realization of supercapacitors having an extended specific energy in a large temperature range.     

Polymer-supported protic functionalized ionic liquids for nucleophilic substitution reactions: superior catalytic activity compared to other ionic resins

Three polymer-supported quaternary ammonium mesylates were synthesized for recyclable polymeric phase transfer catalysts (PTCs). Through comparison study using nucleophilic fluorination, tertiary alcohol containing polymer 3c proved to be the best catalyst with high catalytic activity and chemoselectivity. It also exhibited not only superior activity in other nucleophilic substitution reactions, such as chlorination, bromination, iodination, acetoxylation, and azidation, but also good recyclability without any loss of catalytic activity or product yield.     

新型质子离子液体/硅凝胶电解质的制备及其性能

采用一步溶胶-凝胶法首次将质子型离子液体固定于纳米多孔硅骨架中,合成了表面光滑、柔软、透明的质子增强型固态复合凝胶电解质.研究表明,该凝胶电解质结合了无机硅骨架和质子离子液体的双重优点,具有高的热稳定性（〉300℃）、宽的电化学稳定窗口（〉2.8V）和优异的中低温导电性（11.25×10？3Scm？1,80℃）.可望作为一种新型固态电解质应用于先进储能器件.     

Alanine-supported protic ionic liquids as efficient catalysts for aldol condensation reactions

A series of novel protic ionic liquids were immobilized on alanine, a cheap readily available amino acid. These short aliphatic chain ionic liquids have a low cost of preparation, a low toxicity, and need simple synthesis/purification processes. Their catalytic activity was tested for citral–acetone and benzaldehyde–acetone condensations, two reactions with an interest for pharmacological as well as flavor and fragrance industry. Good results were obtained in terms of conversion and selectivity; moreover, the catalysts can be recycled and reused for several consecutive cycles without significant loss of activity.     

Surface-functionalized ionic liquid crystal-supported ionic liquid phase materials: ionic liquid crystals in mesopores

The influence of confinement on the ionic liquid crystal (ILC) [C(18)C(1)Im][OTf] is studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy (POM), and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The ILC studied is supported on Si-based powders and glasses with pore sizes ranging from 11 to 50 nm. The temperature of the solid-to-liquid-crystalline phase transition seems mostly unaffected by the confinement, whereas the temperature of the liquid-crystalline-to-liquid phase transition is depressed for smaller pore sizes. A contact layer with a thickness in the order of 2 nm is identified. The contact layer exhibits a phase transition at a temperature 30 K lower than the solid-to-liquid-crystalline phase transition observed for the neat ILC. For applications within the "supported ionic liquid phase (SILP)" concept, the experiments show that in pores of diameter 50 nm a pore filling of α>0.4 is sufficient to reproduce the phase transitions of the neat ILC.     

Herbicidal ionic liquid with dual-function

Herbicidal ionic liquid with dual functions has been synthesized and characterized (properties, chemical stability and biological activity). 2-Chloroethyltrimethylammonium (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetate prepared in an alkaline environment undergoes the reaction of dehydrochlorination by the E2 mechanism. This may be described as a specific instance of providing third generation ILs with high potential of application, which preserve both pesticidal properties: the herbicidal activity due to their anions and plant growth inhibition effect due to their cations.     

Atom transfer radical polymerization of acrylates in an ionic liquid: Synthesis of block copolymers

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of acrylates in ionic liquid, 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexaflurophospate, with the CuBr/CuBr₂/amine catalytic system was investigated. Sequential polymerization was performed by synthesizing AB block copolymers. Polymerization of butyl acrylate (monomer that is only partly soluble in an ionic liquid forming a two‐phase system) proceeded to practically quantitative conversion. If the second monomer (methyl acrylate) is added at this stage, polymerization proceeds, and block copolymer formed is essentially free of homopolymer according to size exclusion chromatographic analysis. The number‐average molecular weight of the copolymer is slightly higher than calculated, but the molecular weight distribution is low (M_w/M_n = 1.12). If, however, methyl acrylate (monomer that is soluble in an ionic liquid) is polymerized at the first stage, then butyl acrylate in the second‐stage situation is different. Block copolymer free of homopolymer of the first block (with M_w/M_n = 1.13) may be obtained only if the conversion of methyl acrylate at the stage when second monomer is added is not higher than 70%. Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight analysis confirmed that irreversible deactivation of growing macromolecules is significant for methyl acrylate polymerization at a monomer conversion above 70%, whereas it is still not significant for butyl acrylate even at practically quantitative conversion. These results show that ATRP of butyl acrylate in ionic liquid followed by addition of a second acrylate monomer allows the clean synthesis of block copolymers by one‐pot sequential polymerization even if the first stage is carried out to complete conversion of butyl acrylate. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 2799–2809, 2002     

Synthesis,thermal and lyotropic liquid crystalline properties of protic ionic salts

A series of protic ionic salts were synthesised by a simple acid–base reaction from various pyridine derivatives and dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid in a common organic solvent and characterised in terms of their thermal and lyotropic liquid crystalline properties using various experimental techniques. All of them exhibited lyotropic liquid crystalline phases in toluene, methanol, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide and water. Their critical concentrations for the formation of biphasic solutions and concentrations for the formation of lyotropic solutions were quite broad depending on the dielectric constants of the solvents. Their lyotropic phases were identified as lamellar phases, since their textures exhibited bâtonnets, oily streaks and mosaic textures. They can potentially be used for many organic transformations, which may have implications in green chemistry.     

离子液体在分离领域的研究进展

室温离子液体,又称离子液体,是一种在室温及接近室温的环境中完全以离子状态存在的液态物质.由于其具有不可燃、蒸汽压极低、黏度大、导电性和溶解能力好、高温稳定等特点,已被广泛应用于有机合成、催化、电化学、分析化学等领域.本文侧重介绍离子液体在样品预处理、毛细管电泳、高效液相色谱、气相色谱、质谱等分离领域的最新研究进展,并对其发展方向进行了展望.     

Metal-containing ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals based on imidazolium moiety

Ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals of imidazolium salts composed of various transition and main group metals have been reviewed. Ionic metal complexes of imidazoles and N-heterocyclic carbenes possess the similar properties were also included. These types of ILs and ILCs have been realized as potential solvents, catalysts, catalyst precursors and reagents for many organic transformations and provide ecofriendly protocols. They have also been found to play key roles in material science. Many of these IL systems are air- and moisture stable and are considered as alternatives for air- and moisture sensitive chloroaluminate-based ILs.     

Al[18F]F-HBED-CC-radiolabeling in a media of protic alkanolammonium ionic liquids

The possibility of Al¹⁸F-radiolabeling of molecules with the N,N'-bis[2-hydroxy-5-(2-carboxyethyl)benzyl]ethylenediamine-N, N'-diacetic acid motif in the medium of protic alkanolammonium ionic liquids is reported for the first time. Ionic liquids containing triethanolammonium or triisopropanolammonium cations proved to be the most promising. High values of radiochemical conversion were achieved using the minimum amount of the precursor.     

Poly (L-phenylalanine-paired ionic liquid) as halogen-free heterogeneous nanocatalyst toward regiospecific 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

Although amino acid-paired ionic liquids (IL [AA]) have attracted considerable attention due to their environmental-friendly nature and providing abundant catalytic active sites, polymerized eco-friendly ILs have been rarely reported. Herein, we introduce a novel polymerized L-phenylalanine-paired ionic liquid (PIL [Phe]), synthesized in a new smart manner, as a promising heterogeneous nanocatalyst for regiospecific 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. For this purpose, new polymerizable ionic liquid (3-(3-aminopropyl)-1-vinylimidazolium (L)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoate ([AVIm][Phe])) was designed and constructed as a halogen-free multifunctional monomer. The successful fabrication of chiral IL was approved by different techniques including ¹H NMR, FT-IR, and elemental analysis. Next, a green precipitation polymerization approach was applied using a water-soluble initiator under mild conditions. Co₃O₄@PIL [Phe] was synthesized by in situ copolymerization of the [AVIm][Phe] with ethyleneglycoldimethacrylate (EGDMA) (as non-ionic cross-linker) supported on magnetic Co₃O₄@MPS. The obtained data reveal that the supported polymerized form of [AVIm][Phe] is more efficient due to the formation of a porous structure with high-specific surface area (235.5 m²/ g) and a cross-linked network with high thermal stability (35% weight loss around 600 °C). In the following, the proposed Co₃O₄@PIL [Phe] nanostructure was applied as a magnetic catalyst toward the preparation of new and reported pyrrolidinyldispirooxindoles; and it displayed accelerated mass transfer due to its large pore volume (0.85 cm³/ g), and numerous accessible active sites. Consequently, a range of pharmaceutical dispirobisoxindole scaffolds with broad structural diversity were readily obtained in excellent yields (>92%) and high regioselectivity under environmental conditions.     

Surface-bonded ionic liquid stationary phases in high-performance liquid chromatography—A review

Ionic liquids (ILs) are a class of ionic, nonmolecular solvents which remain in liquid state at temperatures below 100 °C. ILs possess a variety of properties including low to negligible vapor pressure, high thermal stability, miscibility with water or a variety of organic solvents, and variable viscosity. IL-modified silica as novel high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phases have attracted considerable attention for their differential behavior and low free-silanol activity. Indeed, around 21 surface-confined ionic liquids (SCIL) stationary phases have been developed in the last six years. Their chromatographic behavior has been studied, and, despite the presence of a positive charge on the stationary phase, they showed considerable promise for the separation of neutral solutes (not only basic analytes), when operated in reversed phase mode. This aspect points to the potential for truly multimodal stationary phases. This review attempts to summarize the state-of-the-art about SCIL phases including their preparation, chromatographic behavior, and analytical performance.