Using XPS to determine solute solubility in room temperature ionic liquids

Analyst. 2007 Mar;132(3):196-8. doi: 10.1039/b700212b. Epub 2007 Feb 1.

Abstract

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) was used to quantify the amount of bromide ions present in two samples of [C(4)mpyrr]Br dissolved in the room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) [C(4)mpyrr][N(Tf)2]. One sample was of a known concentration (0.436 Br atom%); the other was a saturated solution. The results obtained from quantitative XPS analysis indicated that the saturated sample had a concentration, or solubility, of 0.90 Br atom% (746 mM) at 298 K, which was then independently confirmed by potential-step chronoamperometry of the same solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anions / analysis
  • Bromine / analysis*
  • Ionic Liquids / chemistry*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Solubility
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide
  • Anions
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Pyrroles
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Bromine