title: Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid-aromatic mixtures.
abstract: 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium containing ionic liquids with hexafluorophosphate, bis(trifyl)imide, tetrafluoroborate, and chloride anions form liquid clathrates when mixed with aromatic hydrocarbons; in the system 1,3-dimethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate-benzene, the aromatic solute could be trapped in the solid state forming a crystalline 2:1 inclusion compound.
authors.affiliation: Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Holbrey
authors.forename: W Matthew
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieuwenhuyzen
authors.forename: Oonagh
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardacre
authors.forename: Robin D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rogers