Liquid-Liquid Equilibria in Binary Mixtures of Dihydroxy Alcohols and Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

Tugba Turnaoglu, Sally G. Ritchie, Mark B. Shiflett

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Abstract

Binary liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) for mixtures of dihydroxy alcohols and three imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) were measured. The dihydroxy alcohols were 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, and 1,5-pentanediol, and the ILs were 1-ethyl-3-methyimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([C2C1im][BF4]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([C2C1im][NTf2]), and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethanesulfonate ([C2C1im][TFES]). The experimental LLE data were well correlated using the nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) activity coefficient model. All binary diol systems with [C2C1im][BF4] or [C2C1im][NTf2] have an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) between 310 and 360 K. An equimolar mixture of diols and [C2C1im][TFES] showed complete miscibility between 293.15 and 373.15 K. An increase in the alkyl chain length of the dihydroxy alcohols and/or changing the anion from [BF4 -] to [NTf2 -] for a given [C2C1im] cation results in an increase in the UCST. The excess molar volume of diols with ILs was in most cases larger than those of ordinary solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3179-3186
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Volume64
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 25 2019
Externally publishedYes

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