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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of ionic liquids by a technique not previously employed for this purpose.
• ionic liquid denotes a salt that is a liquid at temperatures of about 100°C or below, i.e. the salt has a melting point of up to about 100°C, and consists only of ions.
• Ionic liquids belong to a known class of chemical compounds and are useful as solvents for organic syntheses. Ionic liquids have gained particular interest in view of their capability of replacing classical solvents which themselves can cause toxicological and disposal problems; by using ionic liquids instead of such classical solvents, these problems can be avoided.
• Ionic liquids are known to be producible by anion exchange, e.g. by reacting a quaternary ammonium halide, featuring the cation component, with an acid or a salt thereof which provides the requisite anion component of the ionic liquid [see, for example, Chem. Rev. 99, 2071-2083 (1999) and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39, 3772-3789 (2000)].
• these known procedures are lengthy and generally result in reaction products which require purification. Due to the non-volatile nature of ionic liquids such purification cannot be accomplished by distillation but requires more elaborate procedures such as treatment with ion exchangers or extended treatment with charcoal.
• the present invention is a process for the manufacture of ionic liquids by an anion exchange reaction of a quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, imidazolium or pyridinium halide, providing the appropriate cation component, with an acid or a metal salt thereof, providing the appropriate anion component, of the ionic liquid, wherein said reaction is carried out under ultrasonication.
• ionic liquids wherein the cation is a quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, imidazolium or pyridinium cation, for example tetraalkylammonium, e.g. tetra(n-butyl)-ammonium; tetraalkylphosphonium or phosphonium featuring both alkyl and aryl (particularly phenyl) groups, e.g. triisobutylmethylphosphonium, trihexyl-tetradecyl-phosphonium or triphenyl-octyl-phosphonium; N,N'-dialkyl-imidazolium, e.g.
• alkyl-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium l-(n-butyl)-3-methylimidazolium or l-methyl-3-(n-propyl)- imidazolium
• N-alkyl-pyridinium or N,4-dialkyl-pyridinium e.g. l-(n-butyl)- pyridinium or l-(n-butyl)-4-methylpyridinium, respectively.
• alkyl occurs in such cations this is generally alkyl containing 1 to 14 carbon atoms and which ma be straight or branched chain.
• Typical examples of anions of the ionic liquids produced by the process of the present invention are tetrafluorob orate (BF ), hexafluorophosphate (PF 6 ), hexafluoroantimonate (SbF ), nitrate, bisulphate (hydrogen sulphate), tetraphenylb orate [B(C 6 H 5 ) 4 _ ], thiocyanate, acetate, hexyltriethylborate, trifluoromethylsulphonyl, nonafluorobutanesulphonate, bis [ (trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl] imide, tris[(trifluoromethyl)sulphonyl]methide, trifluoroacetate and heptafluorobutanate, as well as anions based on chlorides and other halides of aluminum, copper, manganese, lead, cobalt, nickel or gold, e.g. tetrachloroa
• any combination of one of the above-mentioned cations with one of the above- mentioned anions gives an example of an ionic liquid which can be produced by the process of the present invention.
• Such examples are l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroaluminate, l-(n-butyl)-pyridinium nitrate, tetra(n-butyl) -ammonium acetate and l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate.
• ionic liquids are generally produced by reacting a halide, particularly chloride but also bromide or iodide, of the quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, imidazolium or pyridinium cation, with an acid featuring the anion component, or a group I metal, particularly an alkali metal or silver, or ammonium salt thereof.
• a halide particularly chloride but also bromide or iodide
• an acid featuring the anion component or a group I metal, particularly an alkali metal or silver, or ammonium salt thereof.
• said acid or salt are fluoroboric acid (HBF 4 ), hexafluorophosphoric acid (HPF ), ammonium hexafluorophosphate (NH 4 PF 6 " ), trifluoromethanesulphonic acid and Lewis acids supplying the aforementioned halides of boron, aluminum, copper etc., e.g. boron trifluoride and aluminum trichloride.
• the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of ionic liquids wherein the cation is an imidazolium or pyridinium cation, particularly 1- ethyl-3-methylimidazolium, l-(n-butyl)-3-methylimidazolium or l-methyl-3-(n-propyl)- imidazoliurn, or, respectively, l-(n-butyl)-pyridinium.
• the preferred anions of the ionic liquid are tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate and trifluoromethanesulphonate.
• the reaction preferably involves reacting an imidazolium or pyridinium halide, particularly a l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium, l-(n-butyl)-3-methylimidazolium, l-methyl-3-(n- propyl) -imidazolium or 1- (n-butyl) -pyridinium halide, with a tetrafluoroborate or hexafluorophosphate, e.g. ammonium, an alkali metal or silver tetrafluoroborate or hexafluorophosphate, or a trifluoromethanesulphonate, e.g.
• the halide of the reactant providing the cation component is preferably the chloride, although the bromide or iodide may also be used.
• the alkali metal cation of the salt reactant (if not an acid) providing the anion component may be lithium, sodium, potassium or cesium; however, the cation of said salt reactant is preferably silver or ammonium.
• the process of the present invention is carried out in an anhydrous solvent medium under a dry atmosphere, i.e. with as much exclusion of moisture as possible.
• a solvent is not essential.
• Suitable solvents are organic solvents which are inert to the reactants and the desired reaction product, i.e. the ionic liquid, and in which the ionic liquid is soluble.
• Suitable such solvents are aliphatic ketones, e.g. acetone and diethyl ketone, and aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. heptane, cyclohexane or toluene, respectively.
• the employed solvent is suitably anhydrous to the extent of at least 99%, i.e. contains no more than 1% water (volume %).
• the reaction solvent is conveniently carried out at temperatures from about 0°C to about 40°C, preferably from about 10°C to about 30°C, and most preferably at about room temperature. Accordingly, the reaction is suitably carried out with cooling so as to absorb the excess heat produced by the ultrasonication.
• the molar ratio of the employed reactants quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, imidazolium or pyridinium halide : acid or salt providing the required anion is conveniently about 1 : 1 or up to about 1 : 1.1, i.e. featuring up to an about 10% molar excess of the acid or salt.
• the ratio of solvent to the aforementioned halide reactant is conveniently from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of solvent : 1 mmol of the halide reactant.
• the ultrasonication can be carried out using conventional equipment for ultrasonication in general at a frequency of at least about 20 kHz, preferably at frequencies from about 20 kHz to about 100 kHz, most preferably from about 30 kHz to about 50 kHz.
• the acoustic power output although not narrowly critical, should be such as to exceed the cavitation threshold in the reaction mixture or medium.
• a power input of about 150 W to about 300 W has been found to be convenient.
• An example of an ultrasonifier (ultrasound apparatus) which may be employed is the Branson Model 250/450 Sonifier®, available from Branson Ultrasonics Corp., Eagle Roar, Danbury, CT 06810-1961, USA.
• the progress of the ion exchange formation of the ionic liquid can be monitored, e.g. by measuring the electrical conductivity of the reaction mixture which, in general, changes during the ion exchange reaction and reaches a plateau on completion of the reaction.
• Another option to determine the progress of the ion exchange formation of the ionic liquid is by infrared spectroscopy. Such analytical methods are conventionally used in observing the progress of chemical reactions.
• the ionic liquid may be isolated by filtering off the halide formed in the reaction and evaporating the solvent, both being conventional isolation methods.
• Example 1 illustrates the present invention.
• the conductivity was measured with a Tacussel CDRV 62 conductimeter (Tacussel electronique, 72, rue d' Alsace, F-69627 Nilleurbanne, Cedex France). The resulting slurry was irradiated using an Ultrasons
• Annemasse generator (Ultrasons Annemasse S.A., F-74103 Annemasse, Cedex France) at 30 kHz for 1 hour at 20-24°C, the cooling bath temperature being 5°C.
• the conductivity of the reaction mixture increased during the reaction up to a value of 65 milliSiemens (mS). After 1 hour, no further substantial increase of the conductivity was observed, so that the reaction was taken to have gone to completion.
• the contents of the reactor were filtered, the solvent evaporated off under reduced pressure, and the produced ionic liquid, l-(n- butyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, recovered in 80-90% yield as a pale yellow to orange coloured liquid.

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