Tunable Aryl Alkyl Ionic Liquids (TAAILs): The Next Generation of Ionic Liquids

Abstract

The combination of aromatic and aliphatic substituents at the imidazolium ring leads to a new generation of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (TAAILs: tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids; see charge distribution of the methoxyphenyl methyl derivative). Electronic interaction between the aromatic substituent and the imidazolium core allows the properties of these species to be tuned more precisely than is possible for currently available ionic liquids. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.