Covalent Modification of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids: Effect of Anions on Solubility
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Abstract
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were covalently modified with imidazolium salt-based ionic liquids (ILs). Coupling of acid chloride-functionalized MWCNTs with commercially available (3-aminopropyl)imidazole, followed by the reaction with n-butyl bromide, afforded 1-butylimidazolium bromide salt-functionalized MWCNTs (f-3a). The bromide anion of f-3a could be exchanged with BF4-, PF6-, and NTf2- (N,N-bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide) by metathesis and afforded functionalized MWCNTs, f-3b (BF4-), f-3c (PF6-), and f-3d (NTf2-), bearing different counteranions. Raman, IR, NMR, TGA, and XPS analyses clearly confirmed covalent functionalization and imidazolium salt formation as well as anion exchange of the IL-functionalized MWCNTs. UV−vis data imply that counteranions have an effect on the relative solubility of the IL-functionalized MWCNTs in water: the solubility of f-3 in water is of the order f-3a (Br-) > f-3b (BF4-) > f-3c (PF6-) > f-3d (NTf2-), and the water-soluble f-3a was phase-transferred from the aqueous phase to the chloroform phase via simple anion exchange with NTf2-. All of the IL-functionalized MWCNTs, including the water-soluble f-3a, exhibited a preferential solubility in an ionic liquid, [bmim][NTf2].
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