title: Solvation and microscopic properties of ionic liquid/acetonitrile mixtures probed by high-pressure infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: The microscopic features of binary mixtures formed by an ionic liquid (EMI(+)TFSA(-) or EMI(+)FSA(-)) and a molecular liquid (acetonitrile or methanol) have been investigated by high-pressure infrared spectroscopy. On the basis of its responses to changes in pressure and concentration, the imidazolium C-H appears to exist at least in two different forms, i.e., isolated and associated structures. The weak band at approximately 3102 cm(-1) should be assigned to the isolated structure. CD(3)CN can be added to change the structural organization of ionic liquids. The compression of an EMI(+)TFSA(-)/CD(3)CN mixture leads to the increase in the isolated C-H band intensity. Nevertheless, the loss in intensity of the isolated structures was observed for EMI(+)FSA(-)/CD(3)CN mixtures as the pressure was elevated. In other words, the associated configuration is favored with increasing pressure by debiting the isolated form for EMI(+)FSA(-)/CD(3)CN mixtures. The stronger C-H...F interactions in EMI(+)FSA(-) may be one of the reasons for the remarkable differences in the pressure-dependent results of EMI(+)TFSA(-) and EMI(+)FSA(-).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoko 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umebayashi
authors.forename: Jyh-Chiang
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kuan-Hung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yu-Lun
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Sheng Hsien
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hai-Chou
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang