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Interactions of gases with ionic liquids: Molecular simulation

  • Clermont-Auvergne University

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Abstract

The interactions of argon, methane, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide with room temperature ionic liquids of the dilakylimidazolium family, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazloium hexafluorophosphate, [bmim][PF6], and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, [bmim][BF4], were studied by molecular simulation. The ionic liquids were modeled using a recently proposed force field and the solute gases represented by multi-site models from the literature. The calculated solubilities are in qualitative agreement with experiment concerning the relative magnitude of this property for the different gases. The temperature dependence of the solubilities is correctly predicted for carbon dioxide but has the wrong sign for the remaining gases. Particular attention is devoted to the structure of the solutions of carbon dioxide in the ionic liquids. It was observed that the solubility of carbon dioxide can be correctly predicted from physical interaction only. Our results show that the molecule of carbon dioxide does not interact in a relevant manner with the hydrogen connected to the C2 carbon of the imidazolium ring (the carbon atom bonded to the two nitrogens), as could be expected.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIonic Liquids IIIA
Subtitle of host publicationFundamentals, Progress, Challenges and Opportunities - Properties and Structure
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Pages150-158
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9780841238930
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume901
ISSN (Print)0097-6156

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