Complexation Reaction Using Ammonium Based Chloride Compounds for Preparation of Eutectic Mixtures

In this study, we are interested in the eutectic processing of chloride compounds and decided to focus on ammonium based compounds that can provide sufficient insight in the fundamental chemistry. 10 types of ammonium based chloride compounds namely ammonium chloride, methanaminium chloride, dimethylammonium chloride, trimethylammonium chloride, tetramethylammonium chloride, dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride, phenyltrimethylammonium chloride, benzyltrimethylammonium chloride and (vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride were used in this study. This research led to a hypothesis that the ammonium based chloride compounds could be reacted with urea through complexation reaction giving eutectic mixtures. However, functional groups have plays an important role to influence melting points of these eutectic mixtures. This is regarded to be a motivating finding that will be important for the most future research work involving complexation reaction for the production of eutectic mixtures.