Ionic liquid (IL) researchers have at their disposal a multitude of available substituent and counter ion combinations, allowing for direct design and tuning of material properties. For example, in common imidazolium-based ILs, the available combinations of substituents and counter ions that are synthetically accessible can quickly reach tens or hundreds of thousands. As such, it is not clear what percentage of the available imidazolium-based ILs are actively being explored. This poster presents our efforts to analyze n-alkyl (1-12) imidazolium-based IL use and availability in the chemical literature. We enumerated all unique combinations of n-alkyl imidazolium-based ILs with 16 different anions and associated each substance with the number of references and commercial availability in the literature. Our work will help researchers understand popular vs. unexplored n-alkyl imidazolium-based ILs. Further, we are extending this research by enumerating and exploring the literature of imidazolium-based IL functional monomers (e.g. vinyl, acrylate, styrene).

Enumeration and literature analysis of n-alkyl imidazolium-based ionic liquids and monomers

256th National Meeting (2018)

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