Hydrogen Bonding in Ionic Liquids Probed by Linear and Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy

Three imidazolium-based ionic liquids of the type [Cnmim][NTf2] with varying alkyl chain lengths (n = 1, 2 and 8) at the 1 position of the imidazolium ring were studied applying IR, linear Raman, and multiplex CARS spectroscopy. The focus has been on the CH-stretching region of the imidazolium ring, which is supposed to carry information about a possible hydrogen bonding network in the ionic liquid. The measurements are compared to calculations of the corresponding anharmonic vibrational spectra for a cluster of [C2mim][NTf2] consisting of four ion pairs. The results support the hypothesis of weak hydrogen bonding involving the C(4)-H and C(5)-H groups and somewhat stronger hydrogen bonds of the C(2)-H groups.Comment: revised manuscript, accepted for publication in New J. Phy

Ultrafast CARS with Improved Spectral Resolution

Molecular vibrations are investigated by time and frequency resolved CARS applying ultrafast excitation and picosecond probing for high spectral resolution. Enhanced spectral structure and beating phenomena are demonstrated for coalescing Raman bands

Flexible Application of Object Oriented Technologies to Distributed Intelligent Networks

this paper that the true potential of the IN concept can be more easily exploited by these technologies than it can by legacy, "static" softwar

Zinc thiolate complexes ZnLn(SR)(+) with azamacrocyclic ligands, part II: Mechanism of the reaction with CS2

The thiolate complexes Zn(15]aneN(4))(S-CH2-C6H5)]ClO4 (1) (15aneN(4) = 1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclopentadecane) and Zn(i-14]aneN(4))(S-CH2-C6H5)ICIO4 (2) (i-14aneN(4) = 1, 4,7, 11 -tetraazacyclotetradecane) have been reacted with carbon disulfide. The trithiocarbonate complexes Zn(15]aneN(4))S-C(S)-S-CH2-C6H5]CIO4 1a, monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n, Z = 8, a = 13,2338(1) angstrom, b = 12.9251(2) angstrom, c = 30.1669(4) angstrom, beta = 101.463(1)degrees, V = 5057.1(1) angstrom(3) and Zn(i14]aneN(4))S-C(S)-S-CH2-C6H5]CIO4 2a, orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), Z = 8, a = 9.9936(1) angstrom, b 22.1261(4) angstrom, c = 22.3192(4) angstrom, V = 4935.2(l) angstrom(3) were obtained. The reaction of 1 with CS2 is second order with a rate constant of k = (57.6 +/- 2.4) x 10(-3) m(-1.)s(-1) at 25 degrees C. The experimentally determined Eyring activation barrier is Delta H-exp(double dagger) = 65.3 +/- 0.7 kJ(.)mol(-1) (Delta S-exp(double dagger) = -49.9 +/- 2.5 J(.)mol(-1.)K(-1)) and a free energy of activation of Delta G* = 80.2 +/- 1.5 kJ(.)mol(-1) at 25 degrees C. To discriminate between an associative and a dissociative mechanism the barriers for both processes were calculated using density functional theory at the C-PCM(B98/G3MP2Large)//B3LYP/ 6-311+G(d) level. The associative mechanism is clearly favored with a difference in free energies of activation of delta Delta G(double dagger) approximate to 80kJ(.)mol(-1). Its calculated barrier Delta G(theor)(double dagger) = 114.3 kJ(.)mol(-1) is in reasonable agreement with the experimental value. ((c) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)