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A Highly Conductive RTMS; EMIF.2.3HF

 

R. Hagiwara, T. Tsuda, T. Hirashige, Y. Ito

Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

 

Metathesis of some alkylimidazolium salts such as 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidaz

olium chloride (EMICl) and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (HF) at room temperat

ure give involatile liquid. The composition is expressed by an equation, EMI

F.2.3HF [1] from the result of elemental analysis, gravimetry, H and D-NMR.

Vibrational and NMR spectroscopies indicate that this liquid is ionic, and a

7:3 mixture of two salts, EMI+[(HF)2F]- and EMI+[(HF)3F]- [2]. It is stable

in air and does not etch a Pyrex glass container at ambient conditions. It d

oes not freeze above -90_$B!#_(JC or lose HF below 100_$B!#_(JC. Irreversible decompositio

n occurs in inert atmosphere at around_$B!!_(J300 _$B!#_(JC. The viscosity of the liquid

is 4.85 cP at 298 K, giving an ionic conductivity of 100 mScm-1 which is rem

arkably high compared with that found for other ionic liquids [3]. These fla

t ion RTMS exhibit extremely high conductivity [4]. We have recently succeed

ed to immobilize the salt in poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacryrate to make a high

ly conductive solid polymer electrolyte (19 mScm-1 at 303 K) [5]. Temperatur

e dependence of the viscosity and conductivity obeys a VTF equation. EMIF.2.

3HF gives a wide electrochemical window of ~4 V, applications as an electrol

yte being envisaged to many fields in electrochemistry in addition to a reac

tion solvent in synthetic chemistry.

 

REFERENCES

 

1. R. Hagiwara, T. Hirashige, T. Tsuda, Y. Ito, J. Fluorine Chem., 99, 1 (1999).

2. R. Hagiwara, T. Hirashige, T. Tsuda, and Y. Ito, submitted to Inorg. Chem...

3. R. Hagiwara, and Y.Ito, J. Fluorine Chem., 105, 221(2000).

4. R. Hagiwara, T. Tsuda, T. Hirashige, and Y. Ito, Proc. of 8th China-Japan

Bilateral Conference on Molten Salt Chemistry and Technology, (2000).

5. T. Tsuda, R. Hagiwara, and Y. Ito, Proc. of 8th China-Japan Bilateral Con

ference on Molten Salt Chemistry and Technology, (2000).

 

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Prof. Rika Hagiwara

Department of Fundamental Energy Science

Graduate School of Energy Science

Kyoto University

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501

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