Hydrogen-bonded host-guest systems are stable in ionic liquidsShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 10, no 1, article id 15414
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Abstract [en]
We show that H-bonded host-guest systems associate in ionic liquids (ILs), pure salts with melting point below room temperature, in which dipole-dipole electrostatic interactions should be negligible in comparison with dipole-charge interactions. Binding constants (K-a) obtained from titrations of four H-bonded host-guest systems in two organic solvents and two ionic liquids yield smaller yet comparable K-a values in ionic liquids than in organic solvents. We also detect the association event using force spectroscopy, which confirms that the binding is not solely due to (de)solvation processes. Our results indicate that classic H-bonded host-guest supramolecular chemistry takes place in ILs. This implies that strong H-bonds are only moderately affected by surroundings composed entirely of charges, which can be interpreted as an indication that the balance of Coulombic to covalent forces in strong H-bonds is not tipped towards the former.
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Springer Nature , 2020. Vol. 10, no 1, article id 15414
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Physical Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285725DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71803-3ISI: 000577217800003PubMedID: 32963260Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091293549OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-285725DiVA, id: diva2:1503101
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QC 20201123
2020-11-232020-11-232024-03-18Bibliographically approved