Do protic ionic liquids and water display analogous behavior in terms of hammett acidity function?

TitleDo protic ionic liquids and water display analogous behavior in terms of hammett acidity function?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsShukla, SKant, Kumar, A
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume566
Pagination12-16
Date PublishedAPR
ISSN0009-2614
Abstract

We address an issue whether the strength of carboxylic acids in water is linear with respect to that in ionic liquids. Strength of carboxylic acids in water and different PILs using Hammett function (Ho) has revealed interesting linear correlation between the Ho function for all acids in PILs and PIL-water in spite of large structural and electronic differences. These observations suggest that different structural and electronic features of PILs and water behave analogously towards Ho. This linearity in Ho functions between PILs and PIL-water systems can be used to develop predictive method to calculate Ho values. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

DOI10.1016/j.cplett.2013.02.029
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)1.991
Divison category: 
Physical and Materials Chemistry