A Computational and Experimental Study of the Conformers of Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquid Cations Containing an Ethoxy Group in the Alkyl Side Chain

We investigate the conformers of the N-methoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium ( P Y R 1 ( 2 O 1 ) ) and N-ethoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium ( P Y R 1 ( 2 O 2 ) ) ionic liquid cations by means of DFT calculations at the B3LYP/ 6 - 31 G ⁎ ⁎ level and we calculate their infrared vibration frequencies. The...

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Published in:Advances in Chemistry 2016-01, Vol.2016, p.1-9
Main Authors: Trequattrini, Francesco, Palumbo, Oriele, Gatto, Sara, Appetecchi, Giovanni Battista, Paolone, Annalisa
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Language:English
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Summary:We investigate the conformers of the N-methoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium ( P Y R 1 ( 2 O 1 ) ) and N-ethoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium ( P Y R 1 ( 2 O 2 ) ) ionic liquid cations by means of DFT calculations at the B3LYP/ 6 - 31 G ⁎ ⁎ level and we calculate their infrared vibration frequencies. The comparison with the absorbance spectra of two ionic liquids containing these ions indicates good performance of such a combination of theory and basis set. The lowest energy conformer of each pyrrolidinium cation displays equatorial-envelope geometry; however, in contrast with the prototypical PYR14, the main alkyl side chain is not in an all-trans configuration, but it tends to be bent. Moreover, calculations indicate that the LUMO orbital extends more along the alkyl side chain in P Y R 1 ( 2 O 1 ) and P Y R 1 ( 2 O 2 ) than in the parent ion 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium (PYR14).
ISSN:2356-6612
2314-7571
DOI:10.1155/2016/7297268