Structure of ionic liquid-benzene mixtures

Maggel Deetlefs, Christopher Hardacre*, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, Oonagh Sheppard, Alan K. Soper

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    Abstract

    Neutron diffraction has been used to investigate the structure of liquid mixtures of 1,3-dimethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate with benzene. Two concentrations of benzene were investigated, namely, 33 mol % and 67 mol %, and show similar structures in each case. The presence of benzene significantly alters the ionic liquid structure, in particular, in the cation-cation interactions, in agreement with the single-crystal structure described recently (Holbrey, J. D.; Reichert, W. M.; Nieuwenhuyzen, M.; Sheppard, O.; Hardacre, C. ; Rogers, R. D. Chem. Commun. 2003, 476). In each case, the data was analyzed using an empirical potential structure refinement process.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1593-1598
    Number of pages6
    JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B: Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces & Biophysical
    Volume109
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Feb 2005

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