Issue 34, 2015

Effects of constituent ions of a phosphonium-based ionic liquid on molecular organization of H2O as probed by 1-propanol: tetrabutylphosphonium and trifluoroacetate ions

Abstract

Aqueous solutions of tetrabutylphosphonium trifluoroacetate, [P4444]CF3COO, exhibit a liquid–liquid phase transition with a lower critical solution temperature. Herein, we characterized the constituent ions, [P4444]+ and CF3COO, in terms of their effects on the molecular organization of H2O on the basis of 1-propanol probing methodology devised by Koga et al. The resulting characterization of the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity is displayed on a two-dimensional map together with previous results, for a total of four cations and nine anions of typical ionic liquid (IL) constituents. The results indicate that [P4444]+ is the most significant amphiphile with strong hydrophobic and equally strong hydrophilic contributions among the group of constituent cations of ILs studied so far. The hydration number for [P4444]+ was evaluated to be nH = 72, which is three times larger than that of a typical imidazolium-based cation, [C4mim]+. Self-aggregation of [P4444]+ was found to occur in an aqueous solution of [P4444]CF3COO above 0.0080 mole fraction of the IL.

Graphical abstract: Effects of constituent ions of a phosphonium-based ionic liquid on molecular organization of H2O as probed by 1-propanol: tetrabutylphosphonium and trifluoroacetate ions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Apr 2015
Accepted
21 Jul 2015
First published
22 Jul 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 22170-22178

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Effects of constituent ions of a phosphonium-based ionic liquid on molecular organization of H2O as probed by 1-propanol: tetrabutylphosphonium and trifluoroacetate ions

T. Morita, K. Miki, A. Nitta, H. Ohgi and P. Westh, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 22170 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02329G

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