Abstract
The design of multifunctional ionic liquids (ILs) that integrate different attractive characteristics, such as strong hydrogen-bonding interactions, good lipophilicity, significant nanoscale organization, and low viscosity, in a molecular structure is of great importance for the application of ILs in extraction, biomass conversion, and catalysis but remains challenging. Here, we synthesized a family of novel phosphonium ILs featuring branched chain carboxylate anions with carbon number up to 18 and systematically characterized the physicochemical properties of prepared ILs. The branched chain carboxylate ILs (BCC-ILs) exhibit very strong hydrogen-bond basicity (β = 1.49–1.72, 30 °C) and excellent lipophilicity (π* = 0.73–0.95, 30 °C), and have obvious nanoscale segregation and moderate viscosity (η = 91.8–200.5 mPa, 40 °C). The d value of BCC-ILs ranged from 10.5 to 15.6 A when the length of alkyl chain in anions or cation rose. These nanostructured solvents can undergo self-assembly processes with typica...
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