Solvation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate in aqueous ethanol–a green solution for dissolving ‘hydrophobic’ ionic liquids
- 27 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 20,p. 2070-2071
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b106601n
Abstract
The relatively hydrophobic ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate has been found to be totally miscible with aqueous ethanol between 0.5 and 0.9 mol fraction ethanol, whereas the ionic liquid is only partially miscible with either pure water or absolute ethanol; the ability to dissolve 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate in a ‘green’ aqueous solvent system has important implications for cleaning, purification, and separations using ionic liquids.Keywords
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