A Simple Equation for Predicting the Volumetric Properties of Mixtures Involving Ionic Liquids

A simple equation has been employed to predict the volumetric properties of binary mixtures involving an ionic liquid. Moreover, we have calculated excess volumetric properties of the studied mixtures using the proposed equation. The outcomes of our computations have been compared with experimental data. The reliability of the proposed model was checked by taking 854 experimental data points over a temperature range from 278 to 358 K; the average absolute deviation of the calculated density and the excess molar volume were found to be 0.50 and 0.80 %, respectively, while the accuracies of our calculations were of the order of ±3 %.     

Volumetric and Acoustic Properties of Phenylboronic Acid in Water at Selected Temperatures

Journal of Solution Chemistry - Measurements of density and speed of sound are reported for phenylboronic acid–water solutions for molalities ranging from 0.0098 to...     

Volumetric and Acoustic Properties of Trans-Resveratrol in Ethanol

Journal of Solution Chemistry - Several thermodynamic parameters for trans-resveratrol have been experimentally determined or calculated at different temperatures. The capability of...     

Synthesis and Properties of Hydroxyl-Containing Ionic Liquids

Hydroxyl-containing ionic liquids were synthesized by quaternization of 1,2-dimethyl-1H-imidazole, N-methylpyrrolidine, and pyridine with 2-chloroethanol or 6-chlorohexan-1-ol, followed by exchange of chloride ion for bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)azanide, and their properties were studied.     

Studies on Volumetric Properties of Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of the Ionic Liquid BMIBF4

In order to test the mole-fraction composition-based models as applied to aqueous solutions of an ionic liquid, the densities of aqueous 1-methyl-3-butylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIBF₄) were measured using a Westphal balance in the concentration range of about 0.2 to 0.85 mole fraction at temperatures from 283.2 to 323.2 K. Values of the apparent molar volumes of concentrated aqueous BMIBF₄ solutions were calculated from these densities and were represented with the Pitzer–Simomson and the Pitzer–Simomson–Clegg equations. The values of Pitzer–Simomson parameters and Pitzer–Simomson–Clegg parameters were obtained by fitting to experimental data with small standard deviations.     

Aqueous Solutions of Ionic Liquids: Microscopic Assembly

Aqueous solutions of ionic liquids are of special interest, due to the distinctive properties of ionic liquids, in particular, their amphiphilic character. A better understanding of the structure–property relationships of such systems is hence desirable. One of the crucial molecular‐level interactions that influences the macroscopic behavior is hydrogen bonding. In this work, we conduct molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the effects of ionic liquids on the hydrogen‐bond network of water in dilute aqueous solutions of ionic liquids with various combinations of cations and anions. Calculations are performed for imidazolium‐based cations with alkyl chains of different lengths and for a variety of anions, namely, [Br]^?, [NO₃]^?, [SCN]^?, [BF₄]^?, [PF₆]^?, and [Tf₂N]^?. The structure of water and the water–ionic liquid interactions involved in the formation of a heterogeneous network are analyzed by using radial distribution functions and hydrogen‐bond statistics. To this end, we employ the geometric criterion of the hydrogen‐bond definition and it is shown that the structure of water is sensitive to the amount of ionic liquid and to the anion type. In particular, [SCN]^? and [Tf₂N]^? were found to be the most hydrophilic and hydrophobic anions, respectively. Conversely, the cation chain length did not influence the results.     

New Physico-Chemical Properties of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions

The extremely diluted solutions are anomalous solutions obtained through the iteration of two processes: a dilution 1:100 in mass and a succussion. The iteration is repeated until extreme dilutions are reached (less than 1·10^-5mol kg^-1) to the point that we may call the resulting solution an extremely diluted solution, namely the composition of the solution is identical to that of the solvent used (e.g. twice distilled water). We conducted thermodynamic and transport measurements of the solutions and of the interaction of those solutions with acids or bases. The purpose of this study is to obtain information about the influence of successive dilutions and succussions on the water structure of the solutions under study. We measured the heats of mixing of acid or basic solutions with such extremely diluted solutions, their electrical conductivity and pH, comparing with the analogous heats of mixing, electrical conductivity and pH of the solvent. We found some relevant exothermic excess heats of mixing, higher electrical conductivity and pH than those of the untreated solvent. The measurements show a good correlation between independent physico-chemical parameters. Care was taken to take into account the effect of chemical impurities deriving from the glass containers. Here we thus show that successive dilutions and succussions can permanently alter the physico-chemical properties of the water solvent. The nature of the phenomena here described still remains unexplained, nevertheless some significant experimental results were obtained. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Diffusion Coefficients of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Solutions

Diffusion coefficients of the ionic liquids [C₂MIM][EtSO₄], [C₄MIM][OcSO₄], [C₂MIM][NTf₂] and [C₄MIM][NTf₂] in water at high dilution have been measured using the Taylor dispersion technique. Data on the diffusion coefficients have been obtained for each solute at six temperatures between 288 and 313 K. The data have been fitted by the Arrhenius equation and activation energies of diffusion have been determined. Effective radii of the ionic liquid molecules have also been obtained using the Stokes–Einstein relationship.     

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。     

离子液体的绿色合成及环境性质

针对离子液体的绿色合成及应用过程中的环境性质,对离子液体常规合成的改进、无溶剂的微波和超声辅助合成等方面的研究进展进行了总结,对离子液体在生物体内的累积程度、离子液体的毒性和降解性等方面的研究进行了介绍。     

Study on the Surface Property of Surfactant Ionic Liquids Solutions

The surfactant TX-100 can be dissolved in ionic liquid bmimPF6 and decrease the surface tension of 1-buty1-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimPF6) solutions. Here, we confirmed that in this new system, the pure solvents need rearrangement at the air-wate rinterface at the initial stage. The dynamic surface tension (DST) study shows that at the initial adsorption stage, the adsorption model of surfactant accords with the diffusion-controlled adsorption mechanism, and the dilute ionic liquids solutions is further close to the diffusion-controlled adsorption.     

Ionic Liquids in Polyethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions: Salting-in and Salting-out Effects

Changes of the fluid phase behaviour of polyethylene glycol (PEG) aqueous solutions – viz. critical solution temperature shifts at atmospheric pressure – were produced by the addition of different ionic liquids, namely 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (alkyl = ethyl to decyl). The addition of ionic liquids with long alkyl chains improves the solubility of PEG in water (salting-in effect), whereas the impact of short-chain ionic liquids is usually the contrary (salting-out effect). The results are interpreted taking into account the kosmotropic (water-structuring) or chaotropic (water-structure-breaking) nature of ionic liquids, as compared to other inorganic salts.     

Ionic Liquids in Polyethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions: Salting-in and Salting-out Effects

Summary. Changes of the fluid phase behaviour of polyethylene glycol (PEG) aqueous solutions – viz. critical solution temperature shifts at atmospheric pressure – were produced by the addition of different ionic liquids, namely 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (alkyl = ethyl to decyl). The addition of ionic liquids with long alkyl chains improves the solubility of PEG in water (salting-in effect), whereas the impact of short-chain ionic liquids is usually the contrary (salting-out effect). The results are interpreted taking into account the kosmotropic (water-structuring) or chaotropic (water-structure-breaking) nature of ionic liquids, as compared to other inorganic salts.     

Ionic Liquids and Water: Hydrophobicity vs. Hydrophilicity

Many chemical processes rely extensively on organic solvents posing safety and environmental concerns. For a successful transfer of some of those chemical processes and reactions to aqueous media, agents acting as solubilizers, or phase-modifiers, are of central importance. In the present work, the structure of aqueous solutions of several ionic liquid systems capable of forming multiple solubilizing environments were modeled by molecular dynamics simulations. The effect of small aliphatic chains on solutions of hydrophobic 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfonylimide ionic liquids (with alkyl = propyl [C₃C₁im][NTf₂], butyl [C₄C₁im][NTf₂] and isobutyl [iC₄C₁im][NTf₂]) are covered first. Next, we focus on the interactions of sulphonate- and carboxylate-based anions with different hydrogenated and perfluorinated alkyl side chains in solutions of [C₂C₁im][C_nF_2n+1SO₃], [C₂C₁im][C_nH_2n+1SO₃], [C₂C₁im][CF₃CO₂] and [C₂C₁im][CH₃CO₂] (n = 1, 4, 8). The last system considered is an ionic liquid completely miscible with water that combines the cation N-methyl-N,N,N-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium [N_{1 2OH 2OH 2OH}]⁺, with high hydrogen-bonding capability, and the hydrophobic anion [NTf₂]^–. The interplay between short- and long-range interactions, clustering of alkyl and perfluoroalkyl tails, and hydrogen bonding enables a wealth of possibilities in tailoring an ionic liquid solution according to the needs.     

甘氨酸在N,N-二甲基甲酰胺水溶液中的体积性质

用Anton Paar型55精密数字密度计测定了甘氨酸在N,N-二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)水溶液中的密度,计算了甘氨酸的表观摩尔体积、极限偏摩尔体积、迁移偏摩尔体积和理论水化数,讨论了DMF的结构对甘氨酸迁移偏摩尔体积和理论水化数的影响。结果表明,甘氨酸在DMF水溶液中的迁移偏摩尔体积为正值,并且随着溶液浓度增大而增大。在DMF水溶液中的理论水化数比在纯水中的小,并且随着DMF浓度的增大而减小。把上述计算结果与在N,N-二甲基乙酰胺(DMA)水溶液中的实验结果进行了比较。     

Spectroscopic and Chemical Properties of Ionic Liquids: Computational Study

A brief account is given of highlights of our computational efforts – often in collaboration with experimental groups – to understand spectroscopic and chemical properties of ionic liquids (ILs). Molecular dynamics, including their inhomogeneous character, responsible for key spectral features observed in dielectric absorption, infra-red (IR) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) measurements are elucidated. Mechanisms of chemical processes involving imidazolium-based ILs are illustrated for CO₂ capture and related reactions, transesterification of cellulose, and Au nanocluster-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction with attention paid to differing roles of IL ions. A comparison with experiments is also made.