Bridging the gap between ionic liquids and molten salts: group 1 metal salts of the bistriflamide anion in the gas phase

J Phys Chem B. 2009 Mar 19;113(11):3491-8. doi: 10.1021/jp811039b.

Abstract

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry experiments showed that liquid Group 1 metal salts of the bistriflamide anion undergoing reduced-pressure distillation exhibit a remarkable behavior that is in transition between that of the vapor-liquid equilibrium characteristics of aprotic ionic liquids and that of the Group 1 metal halides: the unperturbed vapors resemble those of aprotic ionic liquids, in the sense that they are essentially composed of discrete ion pairs. However, the formation of large aggregates through a succession of ion-molecule reactions is closer to what might be expected for Group 1 metal halides. Similar experiments were also carried out with bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amine to investigate the effect of H(+), which despite being the smallest Group 1 cation, is generally regarded as a nonmetal species. In this case, instead of the complex ion-molecule reaction pattern found for the vapors of Group 1 metal salts, an equilibrium similar to those observed for aprotic ionic liquids was observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Amides / chemistry*
  • Anions
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemistry*
  • Ions / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Metals / chemistry*
  • Pressure
  • Salts / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Amides
  • Anions
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated
  • Ions
  • Metals
  • Salts