离子液体谱学性质和热力学数据关联的新进展

离子液体的性质是其微观结构和相互作用的外在表现,与其应用密切相关.谱学手段能从分子水平上探测离子液体的微观环境和相互作用,近年来在定量关联或预测离子液体宏观性质方面发挥着越来越重要的作用.本文着重概述了红外光谱(IR)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、核磁共振波谱(NMR)和电子顺磁波谱(ESR)等常见谱学手段在定量关联离子液体及其溶液体系宏观性质方面的研究进展以及发展方向.     

Non‐Ideal Mixing Behaviour of Hydrogen Bonding in Mixtures of Protic Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids (ILs) attract interest in science and technology as a result of their unique properties. Binary and ternary mixtures of ILs significantly increase the number of possible cation/anion combinations, resulting in targeted physical and chemical properties. In this work, we study the mixing behaviour of two protic ILs: triethyl ammonium methylsulfonate [Et₃NH][CH₃SO₃] and triethylammonium triflate [Et₃NH][CF₃SO₃]. We find a characteristic deviation from ideal mixing by means of low‐frequency infrared spectroscopy. By using molecular dynamics simulations, we explain this behaviour as being the result of different strengths of anion/cation hydrogen bonding. This non‐ideality of non‐random H‐bond mixing is also reflected in macroscopic properties such as the viscosity. Mixing suitable ILs may, thus, result in new ILs with targeted physical properties.     

On the strength of hydrogen bonding within water clusters on the coordination limit

Hydrogen bonds (HB) are arguably the most important noncovalent interactions in chemistry. We study herein how differences in connectivity alter the strength of HBs within water clusters of different sizes. We used for this purpose the interacting quantum atoms energy partition, which allows for the quantification of HB formation energies within a molecular cluster. We could expand our previously reported hierarchy of HB strength in these systems (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18 , 19557) to include tetracoordinated monomers. Surprisingly, the HBs between tetracoordinated water molecules are not the strongest HBs despite the widespread occurrence of these motifs (e.g., in ice I_h). The strongest HBs within H₂O clusters involve tricoordinated monomers. Nonetheless, HB tetracoordination is preferred in large water clusters because (a) it reduces HB anticooperativity associated with double HB donors and acceptors and (b) it results in a larger number of favorable interactions in the system. Finally, we also discuss (a) the importance of exchange-correlation to discriminate among the different examined types of HBs within H₂O clusters, (b) the use of the above-mentioned scale to quickly assess the relative stability of different isomers of a given water cluster, and (c) how the findings of this research can be exploited to indagate about the formation of polymorphs in crystallography. Overall, we expect that this investigation will provide valuable insights into the subtle interplay of tri- and tetracoordination in HB donors and acceptors as well as the ensuing interaction energies within H₂O clusters.     

核磁共振波谱技术在室温离子液体研究中的应用*

室温离子液体作为一种绿色溶剂和功能材料,越来越引起人们的重视,其研究手段也越来越多。本文着重概述了核磁共振方法在测定离子液体的结构、纯度及性质,研究离子液体阴阳离子间的相互作用、离子液体与其他化合物的相互作用、离子液体及其在混合体系中的动力学特征、离子液体在溶液中的聚集行为,以及测定离子液体的热力学参数中的应用。     

Controlled Sol–Gel Transitions of a Thermoresponsive Polymer in a Photoswitchable Azobenzene Ionic Liquid as a Molecular Trigger

Producing ionic liquids (ILs) that function as molecular trigger for macroscopic change is a challenging issue. Photoisomerization of an azobenzene IL at the molecular level evokes a macroscopic response (light‐controlled mechanical sol–gel transitions) for ABA triblock copolymer solutions. The A endblocks, poly(2‐phenylethyl methacrylate), show a lower critical solution temperature in the IL mixture containing azobenzene, while the B midblock, poly(methyl methacrylate), is compatible with the mixture. In a concentrated polymer solution, different gelation temperatures were observed in it under dark and UV conditions. Light‐controlled sol–gel transitions were achieved by a photoresponsive solubility change of the A endblocks upon photoisomerization of the azobenzene IL. Therefore, an azobenzene IL as a molecular switch can tune the self‐assembly of a thermoresponsive polymer, leading to macroscopic light‐controlled sol–gel transitions.     

Viscous friction of hydrogen-bonded matter

Amontons' law successfully describes friction between macroscopic solid bodies for a wide range of velocities and normal forces. For the diffusion and forced sliding of adhering or entangled macromolecules, proteins, and biological complexes, temperature effects are invariably important, and a similarly successful friction law at biological length and velocity scales is missing. Hydrogen bonds (HBs) are key to the specific binding of biomatter. Here we show that friction between hydrogen-bonded matter obeys in the biologically relevant low-velocity viscous regime a simple law: the friction force is proportional to the number of HBs, the sliding velocity, and a friction coefficient γ(HB). This law is deduced from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations for short peptide chains that are laterally pulled over planar hydroxylated substrates in the presence of water and holds for widely different peptides, surface polarities, and applied normal forces. The value of γ(HB) is extrapolated from simulations at sliding velocities in the range from V = 10(-2) to 100 m/s by mapping on a simple stochastic model and turns out to be of the order of γ(HB) ? 10(-8) kg/s. The friction of a single HB thus amounts to the Stokes friction of a sphere with an equivalent radius of roughly 1 μm moving in water. Cooperativity is pronounced: roughly three HBs act collectively.     

Phase separation in mixtures of ionic liquids and water

The phase separation of ionic liquids (ILs) in water is studied by laser light scattering (LLS). For the ILs with longer alkyl chains, such as [C(8)mim]BF(4) and [C(6)mim]BF(4) (mim = methylimidazolium), macroscopic phase separation occurs in the mixture with water. LLS also reveals the coexistence of the mesoscopic phase, the size of which is in the order of 100-800 nm. In aqueous mixtures of ILs with shorter alkyl chains, such as [C(4)mim]BF(4), only the mesoscopic phase exists. The mesoscopic phase can be effectively removed by filtration through a 0.22 μm filter. However, it reforms with time and can be enhanced by lowering the temperature, thus indicating that it is controlled by thermodynamics. The degree of mesoscopic phase separation can be used to evaluate the miscibility of ILs with water. This study helps to optimize the applications of ILs in related fields, as well as the recycling of ILs in the presence of water.     

Systematic Investigation of the Photopolymerization of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Styrene and Vinyl Monomers

The use of ionic liquids (ILs) as media in radical polymerizations has demonstrated the ability of these unique solvents to improve both reaction kinetics and polymer product properties. However, the bulk of these studies have examined the polymerization behavior of common organic monomers (e.g., methyl methacrylate, styrene) dissolved in conventional ILs. There is increasing interest in polymerized ILs (poly(ILs)), which are ionomers produced from the direct polymerization of styrene-, vinyl-, and acrylate-functionalized ILs. Here, the photopolymerization kinetics of IL monomers are investigated for systems in which styrene or vinyl functionalities are pendant from the imidazolium cation. Styrene-functionalized IL monomers typically polymerized rapidly (full conversion ≤1 min) in both neat compositions or when diluted with a nonpolymerizable IL, [C₂mim][Tf₂N]. However, monomer conversion in vinyl-functionalized IL monomers is much more dependent on the nature of the nonpolymerizable group. ATR-FTIR analysis and molecular simulations of these monomers and monomer mixtures identified the presence of multiple intermolecular interactions (e.g., π–π stacking, IL aggregation) that contribute to the polymerization behaviors of these systems. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018 , 56, 2364–2375     

Implication of Threonine-Based Ionic Liquids on the Structural Stability,Binding and Activity of Cytochrome c

Ionic liquids (ILs) are useful in pharmaceutical industries and biotechnology as alternative solvents or sources for protein extraction and purification, preservation of biomolecules and for regulating the catalytic activity of enzymes. However, the binding mechanism, the non-covalent forces responsible for protein-IL interactions and dynamics of proteins in IL need to be investigated in depth for the effective use of ILs as alternatives. Herein, we disclose the molecular level understanding of the structural intactness and reactivity of a model protein cytochrome c (Cyt c) in biocompatible threonine-based ILs with the help of experimental techniques such as isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as well as molecular docking. Hydrophobic and electrostatic forces are responsible for the structural and conformational integrity of Cyt c in IL. The ITC experiments revealed the Cyt c-IL binding free energies are in the range of 10–14 kJ/mol and the molecular docking studies demonstrated that ILs interact at the surfaces of Cyt c. The results look promising as the ILs used here are non-toxic and biocompatible, and thus may find potential applications in structural biology and biotechnology.     

On the Nature of Interactions between Ionic Liquids and Small Amino‐Acid‐Based Biomolecules

During the last decade, ionic liquids (ILs) have revealed promising properties and applications in many research fields, including biotechnology and biological sciences. The focus of this contribution is to give a critical review of the phenomena observed and current knowledge of the interactions occurring on a molecular basis. As opposed to the huge advances made in understanding the properties of proteins in ILs, complementary investigations dealing with interactions between ILs and peptides or oligopeptides are underrepresented and are mostly only of phenomenological nature. However, the field has received more attention in the last few years. This Review features a meta‐analysis of the available data and findings and should, therefore, provide a basis for a scientifically profound understanding of the nature and mechanisms of interactions between ILs and structured or nonstructured peptides. Fundamental aspects of the interactions between different peptides/oligopeptides and ILs are complemented by sections on the experimental (spectroscopy, structural biology) and theoretical (computational chemistry) possibilities to explain the phenomena reported so far in the literature. In effect, this should lead to the development of novel applications and support the understanding of IL–solute interactions in general.     

Hydrogen-bonded clusters on the vapor/ethanol-aqueous-solution interface

The structure of the vapor/ethanol-aqueous-solution interface has been carefully investigated focusing on an intermolecular hydrogen bond (HB) and molecular clusters bound by HBs. This paper is a continuation of our previous molecular dynamics (MD) study (Langmuir 2005, 21, 10885), and all analysis was performed based on five independent adsorption-equilibrated configurations of a slab of ethanol solution at 298.15 K, where the ethanol mole fraction of the solution, chi(e), is 0.0052, 0.012, 0.024, 0.057, and 0.12, respectively. The geometrical definition of HB enabled the detection of the HB between ethanol-ethanol, ethanol-water, and water-water molecules. The variations of the density of HB and the coordination number of HB across the vapor/solution interface were analyzed. Analysis on the density of HB reveals that a monolayer of adsorbed ethanol can be classified into two parts where ethanol molecules prefer to form HBs with each other and ethanol molecules prefer to form HBs with water molecules. Despite chi(e), the coordination number of ethanol-ethanol HB monotonically increases toward the vapor region, while those of ethanol-water and water-water HBs monotonically decrease. In addition, the variation of the mean size of both ethanol one-component clusters and ethanol/water binary clusters across the interface were analyzed. The mean size of an ethanol one-component cluster and that of an ethanol/water binary cluster are expressed as a maximum at the interface. These behaviors are linked with the size distributions of both one-component and binary clusters. A relatively large system in this calculation also enables detailed discussion about the molar dependency of the bulk structural properties of an ethanol solution.     

Polarity Behaviour and Specific Interactions of Imidazolium‐Based Ionic Liquids in Ethylene Glycol

The molecular interactions of the ionic liquids (ILs) 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C₄mim][BF₄], 3‐methyl‐1‐octylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C₈mim][BF₄] and 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium octylsulfate [C₄mim][C₈OSO₃] are investigated in ethylene glycol (EG) over the whole mole fraction range using fluorescence (steady‐state and time‐resolved), Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The cybotactic region surrounding the pyrene fluorescent probe exhibits peculiar characteristics for different ILs in the EG‐rich region. The extent of solute–solvent interactions is assessed by determining the deviations of experimentally observed vibronic band intensity ratios of peak 1 to peak 3 of pyrene fluorescence (I₁/I₃) from a composite I₁/I₃ value obtained using a preferential solvation model. A distinct vibrational frequency shift for various stretching modes of EG (O? H) or ILs (C? H of ring protons, B? F and S?O of anions) indicates specific interactional preferences of EG toward the IL protons/anion. Splitting of the O? H vibration band of EG at 3000–3700 cm^?1 into three separate bands, and analysis of the changes in location and area of these bands as a function of concentration enable precise determination of the effect of ILs on hydrogen bridges of EG. NMR chemical shifts and their deviations from ideality show multiple hydrogen‐bonding interactions of varying strengths between unlike molecules in the mixtures. A comparison of spectroscopic results with thermodynamic properties shows that the mixing microscopic behaviour of the investigated systems is completely different from the macroscopic behaviour, which is primarily governed by the difference in shape, size and nature of the molecules.     

混合离子液体对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯分子链缠结及松弛行为的影响

首先通过两步法合成了具有双咪唑环阳离子结构的离子液体(DIL),并将其与单咪唑环离子液体(MIL)进行混合以调控黏度变化,混合离子液体(ILs)的黏度符合对数混合规则且随温度变化呈现Arrhenius型流体行为.进一步通过动态流变、示差扫描量热(DSC)、电化学测试等方法研究了混合离子液体中DIL比例对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)链缠结和松弛行为的影响,并讨论了PMMA/ILs体系热稳定性、玻璃化转变及离子电导率等的变化.结果表明,DIL独特的双咪唑环结构可与PMMA分子形成更多相互作用位点,从而导致凝聚缠结的形成,很大程度上限制了PMMA分子链的运动和松弛.随DIL含量增加,PMMA/ILs体系的松弛时间、热分解温度、玻璃化转变温度等参数均呈增大趋势,但其离子电导率有所损失,这与DIL较大的分子尺寸和运动能力有关.     

Hydrogen Bonding Between Ions of Like Charge in Ionic Liquids Characterized by NMR Deuteron Quadrupole Coupling Constants—Comparison with Salt Bridges and Molecular Systems

We present deuteron quadrupole coupling constants (DQCC) for hydroxyl‐functionalized ionic liquids (ILs) in the crystalline or glassy states characterizing two types of hydrogen bonding: The regular Coulomb‐enhanced hydrogen bonds between cation and anion (c–a), and the unusual hydrogen bonds between cation and cation (c–c), which are present despite repulsive Coulomb forces. We measure these sensitive probes of hydrogen bonding by means of solid‐state NMR spectroscopy. The DQCCs of (c–a) ion pairs and (c–c) H‐bonds are compared to those of salt bridges in supramolecular complexes and those present in molecular liquids. At low temperatures, the (c–c) species successfully compete with the (c–a) ion pairs and dominate the cluster populations. Equilibrium constants obtained from molecular‐dynamics (MD) simulations show van't Hoff behavior with small transition enthalpies between the differently H‐bonded species. We show that cationic‐cluster formation prevents these ILs from crystallizing. With cooling, the (c–c) hydrogen bonds persist, resulting in supercooling and glass formation.     

Protic ionic liquids: preparation, characterization, and proton free energy level representation

We give a perspective on the relations between inorganic and organic cation ionic liquids (ILs), including members with melting points that overlap around the borderline 100 degrees C. We then present data on the synthesis and properties (melting, boiling, glass temperatures, etc.) of a large number of an intermediate group of liquids that cover the ground between equimolar molecular mixtures and ILs, depending on the energetics of transfer of a proton from one member of the pair to the other. These proton-transfer ILs have interesting properties, including the ability to serve as electrolytes in solvent-free fuel cell systems. We provide a basis for assessing their relation to aprotic ILs by means of a Gurney-type proton-transfer free energy level diagram, with approximate values of the energy levels based on free energy of formation and pK(a) data. The energy level scheme allows us to verify the relation between solvent-free acidic and basic electrolytes, and the familiar aqueous variety, and to identify neutral protic electrolytes that are unavailable in the case of aqueous systems.     

Study of hydrogen bond dynamics in Nylon 6 crystals using IR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics focusing on the differences between α and γ crystal forms

Proton dynamics of hydrogen bonds (HBs) in the α and γ form of Nylon 6 were investigated by Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD). Our results show differences in the dynamic effects of interchain HB interactions between the α form and the γ form of Nylon 6. Analysis of the time course of the geometrical parameters of HBs along the BOMD simulations has shown that HBs are dynamically favored in the γ form of Nylon. The quantization of the N H stretching mode enables a detailed discussion of the strengths of HB interactions. Solving the Schrödinger equation for the snapshots of one‐dimensional proton potentials, extracted from the ab initio MD, enables the consideration of anharmonicity, thermodynamics, and approximate quantum effects on proton movement. A larger red shift of the N H stretching band was observed in the γ form compared with the α form. Our study shows that HBs are more stabilized in the γ form than in the α form, which is mainly due to the higher number of HBs. The distribution of HBs along the trajectory clearly reveals the preference of the γ form. The quantization of the N H motion enables the discussion of the differences in the IR spectra between the two forms.     

The role of errors related to DFT methods in calculations involving ion pairs of ionic liquids

Ionic liquids (ILs) play a key role in many chemical applications. As regards the theoretical approach, ILs show added difficulties in calculations due to the composition of the ion pair and to the fact that they are liquids. Although density functional theory (DFT) can treat this kind of systems to predict physico–chemical properties, common versions of these methods fail to perform accurate predictions of geometries, interaction energies, dipole moments, and other properties related to the molecular structure. In these cases, dispersion and self‐interaction error (SIE) corrections need to be introduced to improve DFT calculations involving ILs. We show that the inclusion of dispersion is needed to obtain good geometries and accurate interaction energies. SIE needs to be corrected to describe the charges and dipoles in the ion pair correctly. The use of range–separated functionals allows us to obtain interaction energies close to the CCSD(T) level. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

离子液体表/界面性质与结构

离子液体与气体、溶剂等物质组成的多相体系为吸收、萃取、两相催化等技术的发展提供了新的平台。离子液体的表/界面性质与结构是含离子液体多相体系的重要科学问题,可在介观尺度下显著影响多相体系反应和分离过程的效率。近年来,离子液体表/界面性质和结构的研究得到了广泛的关注。本文综述了离子液体及其与水、有机溶剂组成的混合物的表/界面张力及结构研究进展,介绍了现有的研究方法、研究对象与研究成果,归纳了离子液体及其混合物表/界面张力及结构的变化规律,分析了表/界面结构与表/界面张力之间的关系,探讨了离子液体表/界面研究存在的问题和未来的发展方向。     

From Salts to Ionic Liquids by Systematic Structural Modifications: A Rational Approach Towards the Efficient Modular Synthesis of Enantiopure Imidazolium Salts

This paper reports a simple and robust modular synthetic strategy that leads to a large variety of configurationally and structurally diverse imidazole‐based chiral ionic liquids (CILs) by lipase‐catalyzed resolution. The intimate microscopic interactions of the supramolecular ionic network of these imidazolium chiral salts at the molecular level are investigated both spectroscopically (NMR, FT‐IR‐ATR) and theoretically, and a topological analysis of the experimental electron densities obtained by X‐ray dif fr action of single crystals is performed. Our results support the key role played by the relative configuration of the ‐OR group on the hydrogen‐bonding pattern and its strong influence on the final physical properties of the imidazolium salt. We also obtained a reasonable correlation between the observed melting point and the non‐covalent interactions. The spectroscopic data and the topological analysis reflect the key role played by hydrogen bonds between the OH and imidazolium C2H groups in both cation–anion and cation–cation interactions, with the presence of an OH group leading to an additional inter‐cation interaction. This interaction significantly affects the properties of stereoisomeric salts. Even more interestingly, we also studied the effect of the chirality by comparing enantiopure CILs with their racemic mixtures and found that, with the exception of trans‐Cy6‐OH‐Im‐Bn‐Br, the melting points of the racemic mixtures are higher than those of the corresponding enantiomerically pure forms. For stereoisomeric examples, we have successfully explained the differences in melting temperatures in light of the corresponding structural data. Chirality should therefore be taken into account as a highly attractive design vector in the preparation of ILs with specifically desired properties.