Determination of the thermodynamic parameters of ionic liquid 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide by gas-liquid chromatography
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Introduction
Green chemistry involves the development of new synthetic reactions and methods to replace volatile organic compounds with less polluted solvents and to eliminate or reduce environmental pollution fundamentally. As a new solvent for green industrial chemistry, ionic liquids (ILs) are expected to replace traditional organic solvents and organic catalysts to meet the needs of green raw materials and green catalysts [1], [2], [3], [4]. They have been successfully applied in research and production in the fields of chemical separation, organic synthesis, electrochemistry, catalysis and materials.
The further application of ILs in the separation process depends on the systematic study of IL extraction selectivity. In addition to the phase equilibrium data of IL mixtures, the determination of the activity coefficient at infinite dilution () of solutes in ILs is a simple and convenient method to study the extraction selectivity of ILs. The represents the maximum non-ideal property of solution and reflects an extreme situation when solute molecules are completely surrounded by solvent molecules. It is one of the important physicochemical parameters which can describe the interaction between the two molecules. It not only reflects the dissolved ability of IL, but also describes the relationship between solute and IL [5], [6], [7]. Therefore, is of great significance in theory. More importantly, it also has direct and extensive industrial application. In actual work, is mainly used to predict gas-liquid equilibrium, select extractant, predict dynamic solvent effect and so on [8].
In this paper, the infinite dilution activity coefficients () and the gas–liquid partition coefficients () of 33 organic solutes (alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, acetonitrile, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, ethyl acetate, 1,4-dioxane, chloromethanes, alcohols) in IL 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([PMIM][Br]) have been measured at the temperatures from 323.15 K to 363.15 K by gas–liquid chromatography. By using the relationship between and the temperature, the values of the partial molar excess enthalpies at infinite dilution () were obtained. The entropies () and Gibbs energies () of organic solutes at a reference temperature = 298.15 K were also determined from the values. These thermodynamic functions emphasize the interaction between solute and IL and are important information for the extraction of IL. The research results can provide basic data and theoretical basis for the further application of ILs as green solvents.
The selectivity is used to determine the ability of the ionic liquid to separate in the aromatics during the extractive rectification process. The selectivity ( and capacity () of different separation processes were analysed by the activity coefficient at infinite dilution. and at T = 323.15 K for IL [PMIM][Br] have been also calculated for n-hexane ()/benzene (), cyclohexane ()/benzene (). The results were analysed in comparison to previously published literature data for other [Br]-based ILs for the same separation problems.
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Experimental materials
The IL [PMIM][Br] was supplied by Shanghai Chengjie Chemical Co., Ltd. and had a purity of mass fraction >0.99, with water <10−3 mass fraction. Before use, the IL was subjected to vacuum evapouration at T = (323–333) K over 24 h to remove any volatile chemicals and water from the ionic liquid. Karl Fischer titration indicates that the concentration of water in ionic liquid is less than 4 × 10−4. The chemical structures of [PMIM][Br] is given in Fig. 1. The organic solutes were obtained from
Activity coefficients at infinite dilution ()
In (gas-liquid) chromatography, the activity coefficients at infinite dilution were obtained by the equation proposed by Cruickshank et al. [15] and Everett [16].where is the activity coefficient of solute at infinite dilution in the stationary phase (3), is the vapour pressure of the pure liquid solute, is the number of moles of the stationary phase component on the column, and is the standardized retention volume obtained by Eq.
Activity coefficients at infinite dilution ()
The experimental activity coefficients at infinite dilution for various solutes in the column with 42 mass % of the support material at five experimental temperatures in a range of (323.15–363.15 K) are listed in Table 1. And the results for 10 selected solutes in the column with 32.41 mass % of the support material at 323.15 K and 333.15 K are listed in Table 4S in the Supplementary Materials. It has very similar results to that in the column of 42 mass %. The only disparity between both sets
Conclusions
In this work, the potential use of [PMIM][Br] is discussed as a solvent in two processes of separation, such as n-hexane ()/benzene () and cyclohexane ()/benzene(). For that purpose, activity coefficients at infinite dilution and the gas-liquid partition coefficients for various solutes in the IL [PMIM][Br] were measured using gas-liquid chromatography technique at the temperatures from (323.15–363.15) K. The thermodynamic functions, as the partial molar excess Gibbs energy with respective
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Training Program for Graduate Students' Innovative Activities and Practical Abilities in 2018 (Zhang Miao).
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