The comparative evaluation of distinct types of ionic liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems (IL-ABS) and more conventional polymer/salt-based ABS to the extraction of two antioxidants, eugenol and propyl gallate, is focused. In a first approach, IL-ABS composed of ILs and potassium citrate (C6H5K3O7/C6H8O7) buffer at pH 7 were applied to the extraction of two antioxidants, enabling the assessme...

Reaction of the imidazolium-substituted diphosphete-diide, (IPr)2C2P2 (IDP), with GeCl2∙dioxane and KBArF24 [(BArF24)− = tetrakis[(3,5-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate)] afforded dicationic spherical-aromatic nido-cluster [Ge(η4-IDP)]2+ ([1]2+) (IPr 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolium-2-ylidene). This complex is a rare heavy analogue elusive pyramidane [C(η4-C4H4)]. [1]2+ undergoes two rever...

NMR spectroscopy ((1)H, (13)C, (15)N) shows that carbon disulfide reacts spontaneously with 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium acetate ([BmPyrro][Ac]) in the liquid phase. It is found that the acetate anions play an important role in conditioning chemical reactions with CS2 leading, via coupled complex reactions, to the degradation of this molecule to form thioacetate anion (CH3COS(-)), CO2, OCS, an...

Optical heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect (OHD-OKE) measurements on a series of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as a function of chain length and water concentration are presented. The pure RTIL reorientational dynamics are identical in form to those of other molecular liquids studied previously by OHD-OKE (two power laws followed by a ...

The crystal structure of the title mol-ecular salt, C5H11N3 (+)·2Cl(-), was redetermined. In comparison with the previous study [Bonnet et al. (1975 ▸). Bull. Soc. Fr. Mineral. Crist. 98, 208-213.], the positions of some H atoms were corrected, allowing a more accurate description of the hydrogen-bonding scheme. In addition, the absolute structure was also determined. The maximum differences in...

Two imidazolium cations containing a benzyl group, 1-benzyl-3-methylimidazolium and 1-benzyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium, generally produce the large pore zeolite MTW when used as structure directing agents in the synthesis of pure silica zeolites by the fluoride route. When working at low water contents only the smallest of these cations is able to crystallize MFI, a zeolite with crossing medium p...

Imidazolium-based chloride ionic liquids (ILs) have exhibited remarkable performance in several important applications such as biomass dissolution and extraction, but their large viscosity is a non-negligible problem. Adding molecular co-solvents into chloride ILs is effective in reducing viscosity; nevertheless, understanding of the accompanied change of thermodynamic polarity is quite few. Th...

The structural properties of liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide [C4mim]I have been investigated using an integrated approach that combines EXAFS spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A well defined first coordination shell composed on average of 4.5 I(-) ions around the imidazolium cation has been evidenced, and the structural arrangement of the I(-) ions has been found t...