Electropolymerization of O-Phenylenediamine in an Ionic Liquid

Ionic liquid like 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromine ([EMIM]Br) has been used as electrolyte for the electropolymerization of O-phenylenediamine at glassy carbon electrode by cyclic voltammetry. It is found that poly (O-phenylenediamine) film modified electrode has favorable electrochemical activity in acid solution.     

Facile Synthesis of Ureas in Ionic Liquid

The urea functional group is of importance in a wide range of biological compounds such as enzyme inhibitors1 and pseudopeptides2. Substituted ureas are widely applied in fine chemical industry, especially pesticides3 and pharmaceuticals4. Many investigations have been made to search for an efficient and practical method to synthesize ureas. The typical procedure for the synthesis of ureas is treating isocyanates with primary or secondary amines in organic solvents5. In the presence of trans…     

Self-Assembly of Aminocyclopropenium Salts: En Route to Deltic Ionic Liquid Crystals

Aminocyclopropenium ions have raised much attention as organocatalysts and redox active polymers. However, the self-assembly of amphiphilic aminocyclopropenium ions remains challenging. The first deltic ionic liquid crystals based on aminocyclopropenium ions have been developed. Differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction provided insight into the unique self-assembly and nanosegregation of these liquid crystals. While the combination of small headgroups with linear p-alkoxyphenyl units led to bilayer-type smectic mesophases, wedge-shaped units resulted in columnar mesophases. Upon increasing the size and polyphilicity of the aminocyclopropenium headgroup, a lamellar phase was formed.     

Electrochemical Synthesis of Polythiophene in an Ionic Liquid

Polythiophene(PTh) was prepared by the direct electrochemical synthesis in an ionic liquid ([BMIM]PF6) containing 0.1mol/L thiophene by cyclic voltammetry,constant potential and constant current techniques. It is found that smooth and blue-green PTh films can be obtained at a potential of ca. 1.75V(vs. Ag/AgCl) or a current of ca. 1.5mA cm^-2 in the ionic liquid.     

Ionic liquids in separations of azeotropic systems – A review

Efforts to make existing separation methods more efficient and eco-friendly may get a boost from the use of a relatively new class of compounds known as ionic liquids (ILs). The separation of azeotropic mixtures has conventionally been one of the most challenging tasks in industrial processes due to the fact that their separation by simple distillation is basically impossible.This paper provides a critical review of methods using ILs as azeotrope breakers. Three separation processes were addressed: liquid–liquid extraction, extractive distillation, and supported liquid membranes. We examine the azeotrope breaking potential of ILs and compare their performance to that of conventional solvents. A systematic analysis of the influence of the structure of ILs on their azeotrope breaking capacity contributes to the establishment of guidelines for selecting the most suitable ILs for the separation of specific azeotropic mixtures.     

Electrochemical Reduction of Benzoylformic Acid in Ionic Liquid

Ionic Hquids possess a number of unique properties that makethem ideal electrolytes. Electrochical reduction of benzoyl-formic acid in room temperature ionic liquids as reaction media could be conducted with excellent performances without any ad-ditional supporting electrolyte. Electrolysis at glassy carbon electrode results in the formation of mandelic acid in 91% yield. And the electrochemical behavior of benzoylformic acid was investigated with the technique of cyclic voltammetry.     

Basic Ionic Liquid： A Reusable Catalyst for Knoevenagel Condensation in Aqueous Media

IntroductionThe Knoevenagel condensation of aldehydes/ketones and activated methylene compounds is one ofthe most common synthetic methods to produce func-tionalized alkenes. Theα,β-unsaturated productsobtained by this method have been widely used as th…     

Surface Confined Ionic Liquid—A New Stationary Phase for the Separation of Ephedrines in High-performance Liquid Chromatography

In this article, a new and effective stationary phase based on ionic liquid modified silica is first reported and used for the separation of ephedrines in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The separation results indicate the high efficiency and reproducibility of the stationary phase. The electrostatic interaction, ion-exchange interaction between the solutes and the stationary phase are considered to attribute the effective separation. Moreover, the free silanols on the surface of the silica are effectively masked by the immobilized ionic liquid, a result of which is to decrease the non-specific absorption.     

Study on Electrochemical Copolymerization of Aniline and 3-Methylthiophene in HMIMBF4 Ionic Liquid and Its Properties

Electrochemical polymerization of aniline and 3-methylthiophene has been accomplished in 1-methylimidazium tetrafluoroborate （HMIMBF4） ionic liquid. Homopolymer and copolymers of aniline and 3-methylthiophene were obtained successfully. The copolymer was studied by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The formation of copolymer has been confirmed by FT-IR and UV spectra. The atomic force microscope （AFM） was used for microstructural analysis. Both the homopolymer and the copolymer had the catalytic activity for the hydroquinone.     

The Ethylbenzene/Styrene Preferential Separation with Ionic Liquids in Liquid–Liquid Extraction

The objective of this work was to explore the feasibility of using ionic liquids (ILs), namely N-ethyl-N-methylmorpholinium dicyanamide, [EMMor][DCA], (3-hydroxypropyl)-1-methylmorpholinium dicyanamide, [N-C₃OHMMor][DCA], 1-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, [N-C₃OHMIM][DCA], 1-(3-hydroxypropyl)pyridinium dicyanamide, [N-C₃OHPy][DCA], (3-cyanopropyl)pyridinium dicyanamide, [N-C₃CNPy][DCA], and (3-cyanopropyl)methylpyrrolidinium dicyanamide, [N-C₃CNMPyr][DCA] for the separation of ethylbenzene and styrene. The liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data in ternary systems of {IL (1)?+?styrene (2)?+?ethylbenzene (3)} at T?=?298.15 K and ambient pressure is presented for the six ILs synthesized by us. The final chromatography analysis of the composition of tie-lines has shown that the studied ILs are not found in the raffinate phase and they show interesting results on the selectivity and solute distribution ratio for styrene extraction. A comparison of different ILs is presented for the studied separation problem. It was observed that the best separation selectivities were found for [N-C₃CNPy][DCA] (S_Av?=?2.38) and [N-C₃OHMMor][DCA] (S_Av?=?2.42) in comparison with other studied ILs in this work and those presented in the literature. While the data presented here are useful from a theoretical standpoint, the possibility of applications for these ILs in technological processes is questionable because of low solute distribution ratios, especially those calculated from the masses [N-C₃CNPy][DCA] (β_MAv?=?0.08) and [N-C₃OHMMor][DCA] (β_MAv?=?0.07). The experimental tie-lines were correlated with the non-random two liquid NRTL model.     

DFT Study on the Structure of Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate

1 INTRODUCTION Ionic compounds generally have high melting points and always exist in solid state since they are main- tained by electrovalent bonds. Ionic Liquids (ILs), which are liquids at or near ambient temperature, have been a class of ionic compounds extensively studied experimentally and theoretically in recent years[1, 2]. ILs consist exclusively of anions and ca- tions and do not contain any neutral molecule. They have many attractive properties, such as low vapor pressure, no…     

Ionic‐Liquid‐Supported Total Synthesis of Sansalvamide A Peptide

A facile and efficient total synthesis of bioactive sansalvamide A peptide has been accomplished, including the‐ionic‐liquid supported method and final PyBOP‐promoted ring closure.     

How Can a Carbene be Active in an Ionic Liquid?

The solvation of the carbene 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazole‐2‐ylidene in the ionic liquid 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium acetate was investigated by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations in order to reveal the interaction between these two highly important classes of materials: N‐heterocyclic carbenes with superb catalytic activity and ionic liquids with advantageous properties as solvents and reaction media. In contrast to previously published data on analogous systems, no hydrogen bond is observed between the hypovalent carbon atom and the most acidic ring hydrogen atoms, as these interaction sites of the imidazolium ring are predominantly occupied by the acetate ions. Keeping the carbene away from the ring hydrogen atoms prevents stabilization of this reactive species, and hence any retarding effect on subsequent reactions, which explains the observed high reactivity of the carbene in acetate‐based ionic liquids. Instead, the carbene exhibits a weaker interaction with the methyl group of the imidazolium cation by forming a hitherto unprecedented kind of C???H?C hydrogen bond. This unexpected finding not only indicates a novel kind of hydrogen bond for carbenes, but also shows that such interaction sites of the imidazolium cation are not limited to the ring hydrogen atoms. Thus, the results give the solute–solvent interactions within ionic liquids a new perspective, and provide a further, albeit weak, site of interaction to tune in order to achieve the desired environment for any dissolved active ingredient.     

Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Tobacco Smoke by Ionic Liquid Enrichment and Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry

A rapid, efficient and environmentally friendly method based on the ionic liquid (IL) 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C₆MIM][PF₆]) was developed for the determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in mainstream tobacco smoke. This technique combined ionic liquid (IL) enrichment with solvent reverse extraction for the replacement of solid phase extraction and rotary evaporation in the traditional method and enriched PAHs in the organic solvent. Several parameters, including the type of ionic liquid, volume of ionic liquid and water, extraction time, vortex time and reverse extraction time, were optimized. After pretreatment, the analytes were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using selective ion monitoring (SIM). Satisfactory results were achieved when this method was applied to determine PAHs in mainstream tobacco smoke. The calibration curves were linear with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.9955 to 0.9999 at concentration levels of 10–800?µg?L^?1, and the relative standard deviations of the optimized method were between 0.7% and 5.3%. The limits of detection were 0.01–0.6?ng cig^?1, and the recoveries of the compounds were 80.2–118%. A comparison of this protocol with literature methods demonstrated that the proposed procedure provides accurate and reliable sample-treatment for the determination of PAHs in tobacco samples.     

Determination of Tetracyclines in Milk,Eggs and Honey Using in-situ Ionic Liquid Based Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction

In this study, in-situ ionic liquid based dispersive liquid?liquid microextraction method for enrichment of tetracyclines before liquid chromatographic analysis has been improved. A 1-benzyl-3- methylimidazolium chloride was used as an ionic liquid. To increase extraction efficiency, some optimization parameters (amount of ammonium hexafluorophoshate, extraction time, centrifugation time, ratio of ionic liquid/salt) were investigated. At optimized conditions, enrichment factors of four tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline, chlortetracycline, methacycline, doxycycline) were between 25 and 98. The residues of tetracyclines were not found in the studied real samples. For the accuracy of the method, the concentration of 50 and 250 μg/L of standard tetracycline mixture solutions were spiked to the blank real milk, honey and egg samples and the percentage recoveries were obtained in the range of 75.8–109.7%.     

Supercooled Smectic Phases of p-n-Alkoxycinnamoyloxy-p′-Cyanoazobenzenes in Gas–Liquid Chromatography

The sorption properties of supercooled smectic phases of homologues of the p-n-alkoxycinnamoyloxy-p-cyanoazobenzene series were studied by gas–liquid chromatography. Based on the system of universal retention indices, mesomorphic stationary phases were classified and the quality of the chromatographic separation was estimated. The increase in the selectivity of smectic phases with the use of the cooling mode was rationalized thermodynamically.     

Solute-Solvent Interactions in Solutions of Solvatochromic Phenoxides: A Dynamics Simulation Study

Solute-solvent interactions in protic (water, methanol and 2-propanol) and aprotic (DMSO) solvents of four solvatochromic phenoxides, the 4- and 2-pyridiniophenoxides, Brooker’s merocyanine and the N-methyloxyquinolinium betaine, were investigated with the aid of molecular dynamics simulations. Although the size of the first solvation shell of the phenoxide oxygen of all betaines remains constant in the three protic solvents, it comprises increasingly fewer solvent molecules as the volume of the hydroxylic solvent increases. In DMSO, the donor phenoxide group of the 4-pyridiniophenoxide betaine is loosely solvated, leading to an internal charge-transfer with smaller transition energies than in protic media.     

Determination of Cadmium in Human Serum and Blood Samples after Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction Using a Task-Specific Ionic Liquid

Task-specific ionic liquid dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (TSIL-DLLME) is a simple and rapid preconcentration approach for the measurement of cadmium in serum and blood samples of human subjects. In this method a novel task-specific ionic liquid, trioctylmethyl ammonium thiosalicylate (TOMATS), which has dual characteristics as a chelating agent and extractive solvent, was investigated. TOMATS complexes with Cd due to the chelating effect of the ortho-positioned carboxylate relative to the thiol functionality. The assessment of the optimum values of variables including the pH, amount of reagents (TOMATS, diluents, Triton X114, and back extracting acid solution), temperature, and incubation time, which affect the recoveries of analyte by TSIL-DLLME method were studied. After enrichment experiments, acidic solution was used to back extract the metal ions from the ionic liquid rich phase and with determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Using the optimal experimental conditions, the limit of detection (3?s), precision (relative standard deviation), preconcentration, and enhancement factors of developed method for Cd were found to be 0.05?µg/L, greater than 5%, 62.5, and 52.8, respectively. To check the accuracy of the developed method, certified reference material of serum and blood were analyzed by the developed method, and the measured values of Cd were in good agreement with the certified values. The developed method was applied successfully to determine Cd in blood and serum samples of lymphatic cancer patients relative to healthy controls.