Introduced here is a quick, simple, robust method to measure acidity in ionic liquid (IL) systems by the use of the NMR-probe mesityl oxide. Acidity corresponding to a Hammett acidity of −1 to −9 can be measured reliably using this technique, a range that vastly exceeds that of any single UV-vis probe.
J. Gräsvik, J. P. Hallett, T. Q. To and T. Welton, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7258 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02816C
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