abstract
Mixtures of thiophene with two ionic liquids, namely, [C(4)C(1)im][SCN] and [C(4)C(1)im][NTf2], were chosen as prototypes of systems presenting lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and upper critical solution temperature (UCST) behavior, respectively. This distinct behavior is due to different interactions between the constituting species which are investigated here by means of experimental and computational studies.. Experimentally, density measurements were conducted to assess the excess molar volumes H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopies were used to obtain the corresponding nuclear chemical shifts with respect to those measured for the pure ionic liquids. Computationally, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to analyze the radial distribution neighborhoods of each species. Negative values of excess molar volumes and strong positive chemical shift deviations for [C(4)C(1)im][SCN] systems, along with results obtained from MD simulations, allowed the identification of specific interactions between [SCN](-) anion and the molecular solvent (thiophene), which are not observed for [NTf2](-). It is suggested that these specific [SCN](-)-thiophene interactions are responsible for the LCST behavior observed for mixtures of thiophene with ionic liquids.
keywords
MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS METHOD; EXTRACTIVE DESULFURIZATION; FORCE-FIELD; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; BINARY-SYSTEMS; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; SIMULATION; SOLVENT; BIS((TRIFLUOROMETHYL)SULFONYL)AMIDE
subject category
Chemistry
authors
Batista, MLS; Tome, LIN; Neves, CMSS; Rocha, EM; Gomes, JRB; Coutinho, JAP
our authors
Catarina Maia Seco Seiça Neves
Assistant Researcher
José R. B. Gomes
Principal Researcher
Luciana Isabel Nabais Tomé
Post-doc Fellowship
Marta Luísa Salsas Batista
PhD StudentGroups
G4 - Renewable Materials and Circular Economy
G6 - Virtual Materials and Artificial Intelligence
acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge financial support from FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, for project PEst-C/ CTM/LA0011/2011, for Programa Ciencia 2007, and for the grants SFRH/BPD/44926/2008, SFRH/BD/70641/2010, and SFRH/BD/74551/2010 awarded to L.I.N.T., C.M.S.S.N., and M.L.S.B., respectively.