Spectroscopic Evidence for an Enhanced Anion-Cation Interaction from Hydrogen Bonding in Pure Imidazolium Ionic Liquids
Spectroscopic Evidence for an Enhanced Anion-Cation Interaction from Hydrogen Bonding in Pure Imidazolium Ionic Liquids
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200905437
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Ludwig, Ralf
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作者:
Wulf, Alexander;Fumino, Koichi;Ludwig, Ralf
Ionic liquids (ILs) have many valuable applications in chemistry and technology.[1–6] They are understood as liquids consisting entirely of ions and having melting points below 1008C. The interesting properties of ionic liquids are governed by the type and strength of interaction between its constituents. It is assumed that hydrogen bonding plays an important role for the properties and reaction dynamics of these Coulomb systems. The presence of hydrogen bonding in the structure of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium salt was first reported by Seddon et al. in 1986.[7] Since then, evidence for hydrogen bonding has been obtained from X-ray diffraction and mid-infrared and NMR spectroscopy. Local and directional interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, in imidazoliumbased ILs are indicated by shorter CÀH··· anion distances, redshifted CÀH frequencies, and downfield-shifted CÀH proton chemical shifts.[8–18] Indications of hydrogen bonding is also provided by theoretical studies.[19–22] Recently however, some authors have strongly challenged the presence of hydrogen bonds in ionic liquids, and claimed that hydrogen bonding need not be invoked for explaining IL properties.[23–25] For this reason, we initiated a program of direct spectroscopic observation of hydrogen bonds by successively increasing hydrogen bond abilities in a set of well-chosen imidazolium-based ionic liquids. Studying and understanding these interactions is a real challenge, and in particular for ILs. For imidazolium-based ILs, hydrogen bonding in infrared spectroscopy has been primarily concerned with the shift (Δνs) of the CÀH stretching frequency in the mid-infrared region. However, it is more pertinent to observe the stretching (νσ) and bending (νβ) frequencies of hydrogen bonds themselves in far-infrared (FIR) spectra.[26–28] These modes are shown and assigned in Scheme 1.