Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy
Online ISSN : 1882-6121
Print ISSN : 0916-8753
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Special Articles: Sustainable Energy Technologies (Original Paper)
Hydrolysis of the Room Temperature Ionic Liquid, N,N-Diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl)ammonium Tetrafluoroborate
Koji SAIHARAAkio SHIMIZUHiroshi ABEYukihiro YOSHIMURA
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2014 Volume 93 Issue 4 Pages 328-332

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Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have engaged much attention in recent years, especially due to their use as environmentally friendly alternatives to typical organic solvents. Their negligible vapor pressures incentivize their use as green solvent alternatives relative to the typical volatile organic solvents. However, it is necessary to consider the entire life cycle of the RTIL; for example, the potential hazardous properties associated with its hydrolysis by-products (tetrafluoroborate hydrolysis) merit consideration. Using 19F and 11B NMR analyses, we present the observation of hydrolysis behavior of the aliphatic quaternary ammonium-based ionic liquid, N,N-diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl) ammonium tetrafluoroborate (denoted as [DEME][BF4]). It has been observed that the hydrolysis of [DEME][BF4] rapidly proceeds when the water concentration exceeds x › 80 (mol % H2O).

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