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LCST Phase Behavior and Complexation with Water of an Ionic Liquid Incorporating the 5-Phenyltetrazolate Anion
Leila Moura1, Lucy C Brown1, Marijana Blesic1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK.
Abstract:
The use of 5-phenyltetrazole, a bioisostere of benzoic acid, as an anion source to prepare an ionic liquid is described for the first time. Tetrabutylphosphonium 5-phenyltetrazolate undergoes phase separation from water with lower critical solution temperature phase behavior, in contrast to completely water miscible tetrabutylphosphonium benzoate, and also exhibits strong complexation with water with both eutectic and peritectic behavior that has not previously been observed in ionic liquid+water systems. The anhydrous and trihydrate salts were isolated and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
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