title: Low melting inorganic salts of alkyl-, fluoroalkyl-, alkyl ether-, and fluoroalkyl ether-substituted oxazolidine and morpholine.
abstract: N-Alkyl- and N-fluoroalkyl-substituted oxazolidinium- and morpholinium-based quaternary salts and ionic liquids have been synthesized and characterized. Reactions of N-methyloxazolidine (1) or N-methylmorpholine (2) with 3-fluoropropyl bromide or iodopropane in THF at 25 degrees C gave the quaternary salts (3a,b, 4a,b). These salts were metathesized with various metal salts to yield the corresponding ionic liquids (5a-h, 6a-i). N-Alkoxyethyl- and N-(fluoroalkoxy)ethyl-substituted morpholines (8-11) were prepared and quaternized with methyl iodide (8a-11a). Their corresponding ionic liquids (12-18) were obtained by anion exchange and characterized. For both series of compounds, nitrate, hexafluorophosphate, perchlorate, triflate, and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide were utilized. Most of the final products are liquids at 25 degrees C and are thermally stable with long liquid ranges as determined by thermal gravimetric analyses. For compounds 12, 16, and 18, thermal stabilities of > or =400 degrees C were observed. All the new compounds were characterized by spectroscopic and elemental analyses. Their densities and viscosities were also determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843-2343, USA.
authors.forename: Jinwi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Rajendra P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jean'ne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shreeve