title: Do all ionic liquids need organic cations? Characterisation of [AlCl2·nAmide]+ AlCl4(-) and comparison with imidazolium based systems.
abstract: The addition of a simple amide to AlCl(3) causes the formation of a liquid of the form [AlCl(2)·nAmide](+) AlCl(4)(-). The material thus produced is liquid over a wide temperature range, is relatively insensitive to water and has the properties of an ionic liquid. This ionic liquid is shown to be a suitable medium for the acetylation of ferrocene and the electrodeposition of aluminium and demonstrated that quaternary ammonium cations are not always needed to form ionic liquids.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK. apa1@le.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hadi M A
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Abood
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ballantyne
authors.forename: Karl S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ryder