Chemical Communications 2006-09-21

Alkyl vs. alkoxy chains on ionic liquid cations.

Wesley A Henderson, Victor G Young, Douglas M Fox, Hugh C De Long, Paul C Trulove

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (35) , 3708-10, (2006)

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Abstract

The crystal structures and thermal behavior of the 1-(2-methoxyethyl)-2,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride and hexa-fluorophosphate salts are compared with the analogous 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium salts to examine the influence of the ether oxygen on salt thermal properties for a typical constituent cation used in the preparation of ionic liquids.