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A Comparison of the Acidity Levels in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids
Robert, Thierry; Magna, Lionel; Olivier-Bourbigou, Hélène et al.
2009In Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156 (9), p. 115
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Keywords :
ionic liquids; bronsted acidity; Hammett function
Abstract :
[en] The Broensted acidity level was evaluated for several ionic liqs. ([BMIm][BF4], [BMIm][PF6], [BMIm][SbF6], [BMIm][OTf], [BMIm][NTf2], [HNET3][NTf2], and [HBIm][NTf2]) to which a strong acid, such as HNTf2 [NTf2=N(CF3SO2)2] and HOTf (OTf=CF3SO3), has been added. The main purpose is to tentatively measure the influence on the resulting acidity of (i) the solvent anion or cation structure and (ii) the added acid nature. The evaluation method is based on the detn. of the Hammett acidity functions H0 using UV/visible spectroscopy. The acidity of protons is mainly detd. by their solvation state, and consequently, the properties of protons depend on both the nature of the solvent and the nature and concn. of the acid. In practice, for the investigated ionic liqs., the cation as well as the added acid nature does not play a dominant role, whereas changing the anion nature may lead to very different acidities. Indeed, for a similar content of added acid, the measured acidity levels are in the order PF6- > BF4- > NTf2- > OTf-. The problems of the influence of impurities on the final acidity and of the dissocg. character of the ionic liq. are addressed.
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Robert, Thierry ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique et électrochimie
Magna, Lionel;  Institut Francais du Petrole - IFP
Olivier-Bourbigou, Hélène;  Institut Français du Pétrol - IFP
Gilbert, Bernard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Département de chimie (sciences)
Language :
English
Title :
A Comparison of the Acidity Levels in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
ISSN :
0013-4651
eISSN :
1945-7111
Publisher :
Electrochemical Society
Volume :
156
Issue :
9
Pages :
115
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
IFP - Institut Français du Pétrole [FR]
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