title: Sparingly soluble pesticide dissolved in ionic liquid aqueous.
abstract: Ionic liquids may be considered as "environment-friendly solvents" for sparingly soluble pesticides. In this study, a series of aqueous ionic liquids (ILs) with different cations and different anions was used as environment-friendly alternative to harmful organic solvents sparingly dissolved in soluble pesticides (metolachlor, acetochlor, clethodim, thiamethoxam, and prochloraz). The aggregation behavior of aqueous ILs was investigated through surface tension measurement. Minimum area per IL molecule (Amin) values from the surface tension measurement showed that alkyl chain length and the halide anions strongly affect the aggregation behavior of ILs and the solubilization of pesticides. The solubility of metolachlor, acetochlor, clethodim, thiamethoxam, nitenpyram, and prochloraz in aqueous ILs increased. More importantly, the solubility of prochloraz in [C10mim][I] became 5771-fold higher than that in pure water. The substantially enhanced solubility of the above pesticides proved that aqueous ILs are promising environment-friendly solvents for pesticides that are commercially processed in emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation.
authors.affiliation: College of Science, China Agricultural University , Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Tengfei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xuemin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qingrong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013500:Surface Tension; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids; D010575:Pesticides; D014867:Water