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Ionic Liquids based on the Concept of Melting Point Lowering due to Ethoxylation

Version 1 : Received: 22 May 2021 / Approved: 24 May 2021 / Online: 24 May 2021 (13:43:28 CEST)

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Rothe, M.; Müller, E.; Denk, P.; Kunz, W. Ionic Liquids Based on the Concept of Melting Point Lowering Due to Ethoxylation. Molecules 2021, 26, 4034. Rothe, M.; Müller, E.; Denk, P.; Kunz, W. Ionic Liquids Based on the Concept of Melting Point Lowering Due to Ethoxylation. Molecules 2021, 26, 4034.

Abstract

Most of the commonly used Ionic Liquids (ILs) contain bulky organic cations with suitable anions. With our COMPLET (Concept of Melting Point Lowering due to Ethoxylation), we follow a different approach. We use simple, low-toxic, cheap and commercially available anions of the type Cx(EO)yCH2COO– to liquefy presumably any simple metal ion, independently of its charge. In the simplest case, the cation can be sodium or lithium, but synthesis of Ionic Liquids is also possible with cations of higher valences such as transition or rare earth metals. Anions with longer alkyl chains are surface active and form surface active ionic liquids (SAILs), which combine properties of ionic and nonionic surfactants at room temperature. They show significant structuring even in their pure state, i.e. in the absence of water or any other added solvent.

Keywords

ionic liquids; surface active ionic liquids (SAILs); room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs); alkyl ethylene glycol ether carboxylates; rare earth metals, transition metals, colloids, green chemistry

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry

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