Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.58, No.8, 2210-2218, 2013
Activity Coefficients at Infinite Dilution for Organic Solutes Dissolved in Three 1-Alkyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquids Bearing Short Linear Alkyl Side Chains of Three to Five Carbons
In this work, we report the infinite dilution activity coefficients (gamma(infinity)(1,2)) of 39 to 43 diverse organic solutes dissolved in three 1-alkyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquids (IL) homologues bearing propyl, butyl, and pentyl n-alkyl side chains, respectively, as determined by inverse gas chromatography at temperatures from 323 K to 343 K The organic solutes include various (cyclo)alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, thiophene, ethers, nitroalkanes, and ketones. The measured retention data were further transformed to gas-to-IL and water-to-IL partition coefficients using established thermodynamic approaches based upon the corresponding gas-to-water partition coefficients of the test solutes. Both sets of partition coefficients were interpreted with a modified form of the basic Abraham general solvation parameter model. The mathematical correlations obtained by regression analysis back calculated the observed gas-to-IL and water-to-IL partition coefficient data to within average standard deviations of 0.104 and 0.136 log units, respectively.