LCST-type phase changes of a mixture of water and ionic liquids derived from amino acids
LCST-type phase changes of a mixture of water and ionic liquids derived from amino acids
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200604402
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Ohno, Hiroyuki
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作者:
Fukumoto, Kenta;Ohno, Hiroyuki
Ionic liquids (ILs)[1] are organic salts designed to melt below 1008C, in particular at room temperature, which have characteristic properties such as negligible volatility [2] and nonflammability over a wide temperature range. There is increasing interest in ILs that have functional groups designed for specific applications.[3] Many reactions have already been studied in ILs; most proceed as in ordinary molecular liquids. Cooperative action of ILs with molecular liquids should also be significant. The partition coefficients of many molecules in IL/molecular solvent mixtures have been determined.[4] Reversible phase control of the mixture is important in proceeding from the start of the reaction to the separation of products. Some phase-separation behavior has already been reported, including pressure-controlled IL/supercritical CO2 mixtures [5] and temperature-driven IL/alcohol [6] and ILK3PO4/water systems.[7] Seddon et al. recently reported that an immiscible pair of ILs mixed upon heating to give a monophase.[8]We have previously synthesized ILs from 20 different amino acids and studied the effect of functional groups of the side chain on their physicochemical properties.[9] Hydrophobic and chiral ILs that are insoluble in water have also been prepared by chemical modification of the amino acids.[10] By measuring the solubility of these amino acid derived ILs in water, we found that a mixture of newly prepared IL and water exhibited unique phase behavior. The mixture showed phase separation with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST). LCST-type phase separation has been found in some polymer solutions. Conversely, ILs such as [bmim][BF4](bmim= 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium),[11] ionic compounds, and molecular liquids generally displayed phase separation with an upper critical solution temperature, because the solubility of these compounds in water increases with temperature. Few reports exist of LCST-type phase separation of IL/molecular liquid mixtures.[12] However, the LCST phase