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Deep eutectic solvents formed by quaternary ammonium salts and aprotic organic compound succinonitrile

Journal Article · · Journal of Molecular Liquids
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  1. China Univ. of Geosciences, Beijing (China)
  2. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are conventionally prepared by mixing quaternary ammonium salts and protic organic compounds such as alcohol, amide or carboxylic acid. In this work, we report that the DESs can also be obtained by using an aprotic organic compound such as succinonitrile (SN). The eutectic temperature was found to be 12 °C for the mixture of tetrabutylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (N4444Tfo) and SN at a molar ratio of 1:6, but no melting point could be observed for several DESs formed by tetrabutylammonium chloride (N4444Cl) and SN, even down to -90 °C. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and theoretical calculations indicated the formation of hydrogen bonds between the anions of the ammonium salts and the methylene group of the SN, which greatly impact the melting behavior of the DESs.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1760153
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1636787
Journal Information:
Journal of Molecular Liquids, Journal Name: Journal of Molecular Liquids Journal Issue: n/a Vol. 274; ISSN 0167-7322
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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