Molecular dynamics simulations are obtained and analyzed to study pairing of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium and tetrafluoroborate ions in n-pentanol, in particular by evaluating the potential-of-mean-force between counter ions. The present molecular model and simulation accurately predicts the dissociation constant K(d) in comparison to experiment, and thus the behavior and magnitudes for the ion-...

In this report, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C4C1im]Cl) is demonstrated to enhance the kinetics of acid-catalysed hydrolysis of 1,4-β-glucans in binary solvent mixtures. [C4C1im]Cl plays other roles in the reaction beyond acting as a solvent for cellulose, as currently accepted. In fact, the presence of the IL increases the Hammett acidity of the catalyst dissolved in the reaction med...

Transparent and colourless ionic liquids with refractive index over 1.60 were synthesised by combining 1-benzyl-3-methylimidazolium or hexyltriphenylphosphonium cations with suitable anions. There is a positive relation between their refractive index and Kamlet-Taft parameters, especially dipolarity/polarisability, suggested as a potential parameter to design ionic liquids with high refractive ...

A coarse-grained model, with three sets of effective pair potentials for 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim][PF6]) ionic liquid, is introduced and used to study the structural and dynamical properties over extended length and time scales. Three sets of effective pair potentials between coarse-grained beads are obtained using the Newton Inversion and the Iterative Boltzmann I...

The wood polysaccharide composition, a new analytical method, based on ionic liquid dissolution of low amount biomass coupled with an ELISA essay polysaccharides. In the present work, we synthesized and tested several imidazolium 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) ILs for their ability to solubilize Douglas-fir while preserving wall polymer integrity. couple times-temperatures have been e...

The chromatographic behaviors of nucleotides (inosine 5'-monophosphate, uridine 5'-monophosphate, guanosine 5'-monophosphate, and thymine monophosphate disodium salts) on a C18 column were studied with different types of ionic liquids (ILs) as additives for the mobile phase in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). Three ILs, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm][BF4]), 1-...