Issue 15, 2012

Supramolecular architectures of symmetrical dicationic ionic liquid based systems

Abstract

Here we report the crystal structures of dicationic ionic liquids (ILs) with both modified cation and anion moieties and discuss the influence of the “supramolecular ionic liquid architecture” that these subtle changes incur. The four dicationic ILs, 1,8-bis(1-methylimidazolium-3-yl)octane bromide (1), 1,8-bis(1,2-dimethylimidazolium-3-yl)octane bromide (2), 1,8-bis(1,2-dimethylimidazolium-3-yl)octane tetrafluoroborate (3) and 1,12-bis(1-methylimidazolium-3-yl)dodecane bromide (4) were prepared using established literature methods. Single crystals of the materials were grown (as solvates for 1·2H2O and 4·1.2(C7H8)) and the solid-state structural arrangements determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Graphical abstract: Supramolecular architectures of symmetrical dicationic ionic liquid based systems

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Jan 2012
Accepted
29 Mar 2012
First published
17 May 2012

CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 4886-4893

Supramolecular architectures of symmetrical dicationic ionic liquid based systems

H. Tadesse, A. J. Blake, N. R. Champness, J. E. Warren, P. J. Rizkallah and P. Licence, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 4886 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE25106J

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