Thermally robust: triarylsulfonium ionic liquids stable in air for 90 days at 300 °C. Issue 13 (23rd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Siu, Benjamin; Cassity, Cody G.; Benchea, Adela; Hamby, Taylor; Hendrich, Jeffrey; Strickland, Katie J.; Wierzbicki, Andrzej; Sykora, Richard E.; Salter, E. Alan; O'Brien, Richard A.; West, Kevin N.; Davis, James H.
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 7:Issue 13(2017)
• Page Start: 7623
• Page End: 7630
• Publication Date: 2017-01-23
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25774g
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : Select triarylsulfonium salts are ionic liquids with outstanding long-term, high-temperature aerobic stability (no mass loss in 90 days at 300 °C in air), making them among the most thermally stable organic materials known. Abstract : Select triarylsulfonium salts constitute ionic liquids with outstanding long-term, high-temperature aerobic stability (no mass loss in 90 days at 300 °C in air), making them among the most thermally stable organic materials known. A detailed analysis of their thermophysical properties reveals that lowering melting points in these salts by increasing ion size or lowering ion symmetry cannot be assumed, but remains an iterative process.