Spectroscopic grade ionic liquids

I&EC 202

Anthony K. Burrell, burrell@lanl.gov1, T. Mark McCleskey, tmark@lanl.gov1, Rico E. Del Sesto, ricod@lanl.gov1, Gary A. Baker, gabaker@lanl.gov2, and Sheila N. Baker3. (1) Materials Chemistry, Division of Materials, Physics and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, MS J514, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (2) Bioscience Division, Michelson Resource, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3) Protein Discovery, Inc, 418 S. Gay St., Ste. 203, Knoxville, TN 37902
Simple large scale synthetic procedures have been developed for the preparation of spectroscopic grade N-substituted imidazolium and -pyrrolidinium ionic liquids. These materials have been investigated for a number of applications including electrochemical sensors, temperature sensors, and electrochromic windows.