Rapid and accurate estimation of densities of room-temperature ionic liquids and salts

J Phys Chem A. 2007 Mar 1;111(8):1456-61. doi: 10.1021/jp066202k. Epub 2007 Feb 6.

Abstract

Volume parameters for room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) and salts were developed. For 59 of the most common imidazolium, pyridinium, pyrrolidinium, tetralkylammonium, and phosphonium-based RTILs, the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the densities is 0.007 g cm-3; for 35 imidazolium-based room-temperature salts, the MAD is 0.020 g cm-3; and for 150 energetic salts, the MAD is 0.035 g cm-3. The experimental density (Y) for an alkylated imidazolium or pyridinium-based room-temperature ionic liquid is approximately proportional to its calculated density (X) in the solid state: Y = 0.948X - 0.110 (correlation coefficient: R2 = 0.998, for BF4-, PF6-, NTf2- -containing ionic liquids); Y = 0.934X - 0.070 (correlation coefficient: R2 = 0.999, for OTf-, CF3CO2-, N(CN)2- -containing ionic liquids).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ionic Liquids / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Salts / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Temperature*

Substances

  • Ionic Liquids
  • Salts