Abstract
Bulk protonated mesitylene, toluene, and benzene bromoaluminate salts were stabilized and characterized in the superacidic system HBr/n AlBr3 with NMR spectroscopy and X-ray analysis of [HC6 H3 (CH3 )3 ](+) [AlBr4 ](-) (1), [HC6 H5 (CH3 )](+) [AlBr4 ](-) (2), and [C6 H7 ](+) [Al2 Br7 ](-) ⋅C6 H6 (3). Protonation attempts in bromoaluminate ILs led to a complete protonation of mesitylene, and a protonation degree of up to 15 % for toluene in the IL BMP(+) [Al2 Br7 ](-) . Benzene could only be protonated in the more acidic IL BMP(+) [Al3 Br10 ](-) , with a degree of 25 %. Protonation attempts on aromatics provide evidence that the bromoaluminate ILs tolerate superacidic environments. On the basis of the absolute Brønsted acidity scale, quantum chemical calculations confirmed the superacidic properties, and rank the acidities in ILs down to a pHabs value of 164 with an error of less than one pH unit compared with experimental findings. The neat AlBr3 /HBr system even may reach acidities down to pHabs 163.
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