The effect of the cation alkyl chain branching on mutual solubilities with water and toxicities

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Kiki A Kurnia (Autor) Outra; Tania E Sintra (Autor) Outra; Catarina M S S Neves (Autor) Outra; Karina Shimizu (Autor) Outra; Jose N C Canongia Lopes (Autor) Outra; Fernando Goncalves (Autor) Outra; Sonia P M Ventura (Autor) Outra; Mara G Freire (Autor) Outra; Luis M N B F Santos (Autor) FCUP; Joao A P Coutinho (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Vol. 16

Páginas: 19952-19963

ISSN: 1463-9076

Editora: Royal Society of Chemistry

Indexação

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Química

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-T8J

DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02309a

Abstract (EN): The design of ionic liquids has been focused on the cation-anion combinations but other more subtle approaches can be used. In this work the effect of the branching of the cation alkyl chain on the design of ionic liquids (ILs) is evaluated. The mutual solubilities with water and toxicities of a series of bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-based ILs, combined with imidazolium, pyridinium, pyrrolidinium, and piperidinium cations with linear or branched alkyl chains, are reported. The mutual solubility measurements were carried out in the temperature range from (288.15 to 323.15) K. From the obtained experimental data, the thermodynamic properties of the solution (in the water-rich phase) were determined and discussed. The COnductor like Screening MOdel for Real Solvents (COSMO-RS) was used to predict the liquid-liquid equilibrium. Furthermore, molecular dynamic simulations were also carried out aiming to get a deeper understanding of these fluids at the molecular level. The results show that the increase in the number of atoms at the cation ring (from five to six) leads to a decrease in the mutual solubilities with water while increasing their toxicity, and as expected from the well-established relationship between toxicities and hydrophobicities of ILs. The branching of the alkyl chain was observed to decrease the water solubility in ILs, while increasing the ILs solubility in water. The inability of COSMO-RS to correctly predict the effect of branching alkyl chains toward water solubility on them was confirmed using molecular dynamic simulations to be due to the formation of nano-segregated structures of the ILs that are not taken into account by the COSMO-RS model. In addition, the impact of branched alkyl chains on the toxicity is shown to be not trivial and to depend on the aromatic nature of the ILs.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 12