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The General Phase Behavior of Mixtures of 1‐Alkyl‐3‐Methylimidazolium Bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide Ionic Liquids with n ‐Alkyl Alcohols
Author(s) -
Vale Vlad R.,
Will Stefan,
Schröer Wolffram,
Rathke Bernd
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201100911
Subject(s) - upper critical solution temperature , alkyl , ionic liquid , chemistry , phase diagram , miscibility , sulfonyl , thermodynamics , phase (matter) , organic chemistry , lower critical solution temperature , physics , copolymer , catalysis , polymer
The liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) phase behavior of mixtures of 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide (C 2 mimNTf 2 ) with the n ‐alkyl alcohols (C n OH; 3≤ n ≤8) is described. By applying the cloud‐point method, the LLEs were determined over a temperature range of 275–423 K at ambient pressure. Partial miscibility with upper critical solution temperatures (UCST) was observed. The UCST increase with increasing chain length of the alcohols. The phase diagrams were analyzed numerically by presuming Ising criticality. Concepts for the description of the asymmetry of the phase diagram by presuming the validity of the rectilinear diameter rule or a nonlinear diameter requested by the theory of complete scaling were applied. The results (UCST, critical composition, width and diameter of the phase diagrams) are compared with similar systems and discussed in terms of the corresponding state behavior; they map on a single curve. From at least 45 individual phase diagrams, general aspects of the behavior of this ionic liquid–alcohol mixture type were extracted. A simple empirical relationship was formulated to allow the description of the UCST with an accuracy of about 10 K when taking the ratio of the molar volumes of the alcohol and the 1‐alkyl‐3‐methylimidazolium cation of the ionic liquid into account.