This paper reports the complexation of a series of tetraalkyl diglycolamides (TRDGA) with trivalent f-cations in a room temperature ionic liquid, viz., 3-octyl-1-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([C8mim][Tf2N]). The stability constants of TRDGA/Nd3+ complexes (where R = n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, n-decyl and 2-ethylhexl) were determined by absorbance spectroscopy. All the D...

The morphological and topochemical changes in wood tissues in compression wood of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) upon treated with two types of ionic liquids, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C2mim][Cl]) and 1-ethylpyridinium bromide ([EtPy][Br]) were investigated. Compression wood tracheids were swollen by both ionic liquids but their swelling behaviors were different in the types...

In this study, perthiophosphonic acid anhydrides which are previously known (2,4-bis(3-methoxytolyl)-1,3-dithia-2,4-diphosphetane-2,4-disulfide ([(3-methoxytolyl)P(S)S)2], SAV-B1 reagent and 2,4-bis(ferrocenyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane-2,4-disulfide [(ferrocenyl)P(S)S)2], FcLR, Ferrocenyl Lawesson's Reagent) react with alcohols to obtain new dithiophosphonic acids (3-methoxytolyl=(CH3)(OCH3)...

Conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) are promising hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells, whereas their severe intermolecular aggregation significantly affects the device performance. Here, long-chain alkyl imidazolium ionic liquid (IL) of 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C 12 mim]Br) and conjugated potassium poly[3-(4-carboxylatebutyl)thiophene (P3CT-K) combined with differe...

Soybean peroxidase (SBP) was used to catalyze the polymerization of phenols in room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). Phenolic polymers with number average molecular weights ranging from 1200 to 4100 D were obtained depending on the composition of the reaction medium and the nature of the phenol. Specifically, SBP was highly active in methylimidazolium-containing RTILs, including 1-butyl-3-met...

Systematic studies on the vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) and conductometric properties of aqueous solutions of model surface-active ionic liquid 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C12mim]Br) are performed in the absence and presence of a large series of electrolytes in order to achieve a deeper understanding about the molecular mechanism behind the specific salt effect on the aggregation be...