Abstract
Abstract Two series of 1-methyl-3-[3,4,5-tris(alkyloxy)benzyl]imidazolium salts (1(n/X−); n=8, 12, 16, and 18) and 1,2-dimethyl-3-[3,4,5-tris(dodecyloxy)benzyl]imidazolium salts (2(12/X−)) containing anions (X−), such as tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, trifluoromethylsulfonate, and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, have been synthesized. The thermal properties of these salts were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The salts form hexagonal columnar liquid-crystalline phases except for 1(8/X−) and 1(12/X−) containing CF3SO3− and (CF3SO2)2N−, and 2(12/(CF3SO2)2N−) which melt directly to isotropic ionic liquids. The clearing points show a decreasing trend with an increase in the size of anions. The ionic conductivities of 1(16/X−) forming columnar phases have been measured by using an alternating current impedance method. The conductivities depend on the nature of anions, suggesting that the predominant conduction mechanism is hopping and/or diffusion of anions in the columnar structures.
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