A Simple Colorimetric Assay of Ionic Liquid Hydrolytic Stability

Gary A. Baker; Sheila N. Baker

doi:10.1071/CH05028

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A Simple Colorimetric Assay of Ionic Liquid Hydrolytic Stability

Gary A. Baker ^A and Sheila N. Baker ^A ^B

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^A Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division (C-SIC) MS J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.

^B Corresponding author. Email: sbaker@lanl.gov

Australian Journal of Chemistry 58(3) 174-177 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH05028
Submitted: 20 January 2005 Accepted: 31 January 2005 Published: 15 March 2005

Abstract

We describe a simple colorimetric method that can be used to assess the relative intrinsic hydrolytic stabilities of water-miscible and water-immiscible ionic liquids.

Acknowledgments

G.A.B. is grateful for the provision of a Frederick Reines Fellowship. The authors thank Dr Urs Welz-Biermann (Merck, Darmstadt) for kindly providing the [C₆mim][(C₂F₅)₃PF₃] sample and Dr Dan Schwarz for helpful discussions. Publication no. LA-UR-05-0517.

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A Simple Colorimetric Assay of Ionic Liquid Hydrolytic Stability

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