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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ionic Liquids with Solvatochromatic and Charge-Transfer Functionalities Incorporating the Viologen Moiety*

H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne A B , Peter Nockemann A , Sonia Olejarz A , Stephanie M. Reid A , Kenneth R. Seddon A and Geetha Srinivasan A
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A QUILL Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK.

B Corresponding author. Email: n.gunaratne@qub.ac.uk

Australian Journal of Chemistry 66(5) 607-611 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13054
Submitted: 29 January 2013  Accepted: 22 March 2013   Published: 9 May 2013

Abstract

The synthesis of oligoether-functionalised viologen-based dicationic ionic liquids, their electrochemical properties, solvatochromism, and ability to form charge-transfer complexes, are described.


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