Nageshwar D. Khupse

Contrasting Thermosolvatochromic Trends in Pyridinium-, Pyrrolidinium-, and Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids

Thermosolvatochromism has been studied in three series of ionic liquids, pyridinium-based 1-butylpyridinium, 1-hexylpyridinium, and 1-octylpyridinium with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide [NTf(2)] and tetrafluoroborate [BF(4)] anions, pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids 1-methyl-1-butylpyrrolidium, 1-methyl-1-hexylpyrrolidium, 1-methyl-1-octylpyrrolidium with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide anion and phosphonium-based ionic liquids tetrabutylphosphonium with alanate and valinate anions. The effect of increase in alkyl chain length and temperature on normalized polarity E(T)(N), Kamlet-Taft parameters, hydrogen bond donor ability (alpha), hydrogen bond acceptor ability (beta), and polarizability (pi*) was investigated in the temperature range of 298-353 K. Interestingly, the polarity decreases with temperature in the case of pyridinium- and pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids, and it increases with temperature in the case of phosphonium-based ionic liquids.

Delineating Solute−Solvent Interactions in Binary Mixtures of Ionic Liquids in Molecular Solvents and Preferential Solvation Approach

The effect of solute-solvent and solvent-solvent interactions on the preferential solvation of solvatochromic indicators in binary mixtures of ionic liquids with molecular solvents has been investigated. The binary mixtures of the pyridinium-based ionic liquids 1-butylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([BP][BF4]), 1-butyl-3-methylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([3-MBP][BF4]), and 1-butyl-4-methylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([4-MBP][BF4]) with molecular solvents like water, methanol, and dichloromethane have been selected for this investigation. The effect of addition of ionic liquids to molecular solvents on the polarity parameters E(T)(N), Kamlet-Taft parameters, hydrogen bond donor ability (HBD) (α), hydrogen bond acceptor ability (HBA) (β), and polarizability (π*) was obtained. The polarity parameters of the mixture display nonideality on addition of ionic liquids to water and dichloromethane. On the other hand, strong synergetic effects were seen in the ionic liquid-methanol binary mixtures. The preferential solvation models have been employed to analyze the collected data in order to achieve information on solute-solvent interactions in these binary mixtures.

The cosolvent-directed Diels-Alder reaction in ionic liquids.

The rate constants of a bimolecular Diels-Alder reaction in binary mixtures of ionic liquids prepared in molecular solvents were analyzed to investigate the effect of viscosity of the medium and solvent effect. In this connection, we have carried out the Diels-Alder reaction of anthracene 9-carbinol with N-ethyl maleimide in binary mixtures of pyridinium-based ionic liquids, 1-butyl-pyridinium tetrafluoroborate, 1-butyl-3-pyridinium tetrafluoroborate, and 1-butyl-4-methyl pyridinium tetrafluoroborate in water, methanol, and chloroform at 298.15 K. The rates of reaction decreased, caused by gradually increasing the volume fraction of ionic liquids in solvents for all three ionic liquids. The kinetic results demonstrate a successful application of the pairwise interaction model built upon the concept of enforced hydrophobic hydration. A temperature-dependent study of kinetics of the Diels-Alder reaction was carried out in the binary mixtures of ionic liquids in water and was explained by the entropy-enthalpy compensation effect based upon activation parameters. Kinetics of the Diels-Alder reaction in highly aqueous medium was noted to be entropically driven.

A potential greener protocol for peptide coupling reactions using recyclable/reusable ionic liquid [\(\hbox {C}_{4}\hbox {-DABCO}][\hbox {N(CN)}_{2}\)]

Development of greener methodologies in synthetic organic chemistry has brought awareness in recent decades due to the ecological performance of green solvent media and catalytic systems. Here, we carried out the peptide bond formation reaction in one of the environmentally secure solvents, ‘ionic liquids’ in the presence of coupling reagent and in the absence of external base at room temperature, affording dipeptides in good to excellent yields. SYNOPSIS We carried out the peptide bond formation reaction in ionic liquids in the presence of a coupling reagent at room temperature, in the absence of an external base, affording dipeptides in good to excellent yields.