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How Polar Are Ionic Liquids? Determination of the Static Dielectric Constant of an Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquid by Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy
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The results indicate markedly lower polarities than found by spectroscopy with polarity-sensitive solvatochromic dyes, and the salts are classified as moderately polar solvents.Abstract:
In a pilot study of the dielectric constant of room-temperature ionic liquids, we use dielectric spectroscopy in the megahertz/gigahertz regime to determine the complex dielectric function of five 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium salts, from which the static dielectric constant e is obtained by zero-frequency extrapolation. The results classify the salts as moderately polar solvents. The observed e-values at 298.15 K fall between 15.2 and 8.8, and e decreases with increasing chain length of the alkyl residue of the cation. The anion sequence is trifluoromethylsulfonate > tetrafluoroborate ≈ tetrafluorophosphate. The results indicate markedly lower polarities than found by spectroscopy with polarity-sensitive solvatochromic dyes.read more
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