Charge-transfer complexes are formed by the interactions of electron donor and electron acceptor functions. In this work, a series of imidazolium-based ionic liquids functionalised with electron-rich aromatic groups have been synthesised and their potential to form binary ionic liquid eutectic mixtures exhibiting charge-transfer complex characteristics when combined with ‘electron-withdrawing’ cyanopyridinium cations has been investigated. It was determined that CT complex formation is unfavourable due to competing cation-cation coulombic repulsions between pairs of cations and an alternative approach to generate solely ionic liquid CT complexes by including both electron donors and acceptor in a single aromatic-functionalized cyanopyridinium cation was also investigated.
| Date of Award | Jul 2023 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Awarding Institution | - Queen's University Belfast
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| Supervisor | John Holbrey (Supervisor) & Gosia Swadzba-Kwasny (Supervisor) |
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Towards induction of charge-transfer complexation in ionic liquid systems
Sun, J. (Author). Jul 2023
Student thesis: Masters Thesis › Master of Philosophy