Molecular structure, reorientational dynamics, and intermolecular interactions in the neat ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate
Molecular structure, reorientational dynamics, and intermolecular interactions in the neat ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate
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DOI:
10.1351/pac200476010255
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Carper, WR
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作者:
Antony, JH;Mertens, D;Carper, WR
Results on the molecular and liquid structure and the reorientational dynamics are reported for the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([BMIM][PF6]). In quantum-chemical calculations for [BMIM][PF6] in the gas phase, hydrogen bonding between the proton at carbon 2 in the aromatic ring and the fluorine atoms of the hexafluorophosphate anion was found. From the analysis of C-13 relaxation data, the reorientational motions were evaluated, and the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann and Arrhenius activation energies for the overall and internal reorientational motions, respectively, of the different C-13-H-1 vectors are given as well as correlation times at 300 K. By performing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, pair-distribution functions between moieties in the cation and the phosphorous atom in the anion were determined. The pair-distribution function for the proton at carbon 2 exhibits a particular sharp and strong maximum indicating a strong interaction with the anion. The quantum-chemical calculations, the motional parameters, and the results from the MD simulations support the existence of hydrogen bonding and the formation of ion pairs in the ionic liquid.