Abstract
Switchable ionic liquids (SWIL) play an important role in green chemistry. Due to the nature of SWIL chemistry, such as air sensitivity, pressure, and temperature dependence, it is difficult to characterize SWIL using vacuum-based surface techniques. The fully CO2 loaded 1:1 mixtures of 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU) and 1-hexanol (a SWIL system) and non-CO2 loaded DBU and 1-hexanol mixture were analyzed by in situ time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) coupled with the system for analysis at the liquid vacuum interface (SALVI), respectively. The DBU/1-hexanol/CO2 SWIL was injected into the microchannel before liquidsecondary ion mass spectrometryanalysis. Bi3+ primary ion beam was used. The positive and negative spectra of the SWIL chemical components are presented. The characteristic peaks m/z 153 (protonated DBU) in the positive mode and m/z 101 (deprotonated 1-hexanol) in the negative mode were observed. In addition, ion pair peaks including m/z 253, 319, 305, and 451 in the positive mode and m/z 145, 223, and 257 in the negative mode are first observed using this approach. These results demonstrate that the SALVI microfluidic reactor enables the vacuum-based surface technique (i.e., ToF-SIMS) for in situ characterization of challenging liquid samples such as ionic liquids.
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