Comment on the preparation of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethanoate: A unique monomeric, homoleptic pentacoordinate lead ethanoate complex

J. T. Hamill, C. Hardacre, M. Nieuwenhuyzen*, K. R. Seddon, S. A. Thompson, B. Ellis

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    Abstract

    Atomic absorption spectroscopy of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl- 3-methylimidazolium ethanoate ([emim]2[O2CMe]), prepared according to International Patent WO 96/18459, showed it to contain large amounts of lead impurity: (ca. 0.5 M): [emim]2[Pb(O2CMe)4] was isolated and shown crystallographically to contain the first known example of a monomeric, homoleptic pentacoordinate lead(II) carboxylate complex, with a stereochemically active lone-pair.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1929-1930
    Number of pages2
    JournalChemical Communications
    Issue number19
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2000

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