title: Kamlet-Taft Solvation Parameters of Solvate Ionic Liquids.
abstract: The Kamlet-Taft solvent parameters of solvate ionic liquids (SILs) prepared from lithium salts with glyme and glycol ligands are determined. The dipolarity/polarisibilities (π*) are high, similar to those found in conventional ionic liquids. The H-bond basicities (β) depend strongly on the anion. The H-bond acidities (α) are high in both glyme and glycol SILs, indicating that the lithium is acting as a H-bond donor site. "Poor" SILs have glyme-rich and salt-rich regions. In these liquids the π* and β values are almost identical to the parent glyme or glycol, and the α values are determined by the salt alone.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Dr Andrew
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Dylan A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.affiliation: Priority Research Centre for Advanced Fluids and Interfaces, Newcastle Institute for Energy & Resources, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Atkin
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. gregory.warr@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Gregory G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-1253
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Warr
keywords: Kamlet-Taft parameters; hydrogen bond acidities; hydrogen bond basicities; ionicity; solvate ionic liquid