Controlling hydrolysis reaction rates with binary ionic liquid mixtures by tuning hydrogen-bonding interactions

…, AF Masters, T Maschmeyer

Index: Weber, Cameron C.; Masters, Anthony F.; Maschmeyer, Thomas Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012 , vol. 116, # 6 p. 1858 - 1864

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Abstract

The ability of a binary ionic liquid (IL) system consisting of a phosphonium transition state analogue (TSA) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide ([BMIM][NTf2]) to accelerate the rate of the well-studied hydrolysis of a tert-alkyl picolinium salt by influencing the solvent structure was investigated. A significant rate enhancement was observed in the presence of the TSA; however, comparison with other cations ...