A study of halide nucleophilicity in ionic liquids
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- 13 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 12,p. 2267-2270
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b107381h
Abstract
The relative nucleophilicity of chloride, bromide and iodide anions in [bmim][BF4] ionic liquid has been measured by studying their reaction with methyl p-nitrobenzenesulfonate ([bmim] = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation). It has been found that iodide is the most nucleophilic halide, and that chloride and bromide have approximately equal nucleophilicities (Cl− is slightly more nucleophilic than Br−) in [bmim][BF4]. Activation energies for the reaction of chloride and bromide with methyl p-nitrobenzenesulfonate have been calculated. The relative nucleophilicity of the halides has been compared with that observed in molecular solvents and in a tetraalkylammonium tetraalkylboride ionic liquid.Keywords
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