A high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) method was proposed to monitor the synthesis and purification of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid precursors from alkylation of 1-methylimidazole with alkyl halides and determine the purity of final products.The results showed that separation of 1-methylimidazole from the precursors could be obtained under the HPLC performance conditions such as cation exchange column,acetonitrile/KH2PO4 aqueous solution and 209 nm wavelength.The content of unreacted 1-methylimidazole in the precursors could be easily calculated from their corresponding HPLC peak areas with the calibration curve of 1-methylimidazole.The retention times of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid precursors decreased with their increasing alkyls,and the ionic liquids with the same cation and different anions had almost the same retention times.
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Self-association of imidazole and its methyl derivatives in aqueous solution. A study by ultraviolet spectroscopy[J] . F Peral,E Gallego.Journal of Molecular Structure . 1997 (1)
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Self-association of imidazole and its methyl derivatives in aqueous solution. A study by ultraviolet spectroscopy[J] . F Peral,E Gallego.Journal of Molecular Structure . 1997 (1)