Designing the ammonium cation to achieve a higher hydrophilicity of bistriflimide-based ionic liquids

Autor: A. Mão De Ferro, Kiminori Shimizu, Carlos E. S. Bernardes, J. N. Canongia Lopes, José M. S. S. Esperança, Patrícia M. Reis, Adilson A. Freitas, Mário R. C. Soromenho, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20:19307-19313
ISSN: 1463-9084
1463-9076
DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03398f
Popis: In this work, we have found complete water miscibility for a priori, water immiscible (highly hydrophobic) ionic liquids by chemical manipulation of the quaternary ammonium cation grafted with hydroxyethyl moieties. Specifically, we were able to obtain bistriflimide-based ionic liquids completely miscible with water, even below room temperature. The underlying reason is the full integration of the OH groups of the cation in the continuous H-bonded network of water.
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