The Effect of the Cation π??Surface Area on the 3D Organization and Catalytic Ability of Imidazolium??Based Ionic Liquids

F D'Anna, S Marullo, P Vitale…

Index: D'Anna, Francesca; Marullo, Salvatore; Vitale, Paola; Noto, Renato European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , # 28 p. 5681 - 5689

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Abstract

Abstract The dichotomic nature of ionic liquids (ILs, simple solvents or supramolecular fluids) induced us to carry out a structural investigation of some mono-and dicationic ionic liquids using 1D and 2D NMR, resonance light scattering, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Ionic liquids with different cation π-surface areas were used, namely [bmim][NTf 2],[Bzmim][NTf 2],[Bzbim][NTf 2],[p-Xyl-(bim) 2][NTf 2] 2, and [m-Xyl-(bim) 2][NTf 2] 2 [bmim= 1-butyl-3- ...