Vapor Liquid Equilibria of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Triflate (C2mimTfO) and n-Alkyl Alcohol Mixtures

The isobaric vapor liquid equilibria (VLE) of different binary mixtures of the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (C(2)mimTfO) with the n-alkyl alcohols, methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, and butan-1-ol, are studied at the pressures of p = 500, 700, and 1000 mbar, covering a composition range 0.25-0.35 <= x(solvent) <= 1.0. Complementarily, the experimental results are compared with calculations by the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equation of state (EoS). For deriving suitable PC-SAFT parameters, experimental liquid densities were determined for the neat IL C(2)mimTfO and its longer homologues, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (C(4)mimTfO) and 1-hexy1-3-methylimidazohum trifluoromethanesulfonate (C(6)mimTfO), in a temperature range of 288.15 K <= T <= 363.15 K (C(2)mimTfO) and 293.15 K <= T <= 363.15 K (C(4)mimTfO and C(6)rnimTfO), respectively. The PC-SAFT EoS is found to be suitable for describing the VLEs under study with good accuracy (AARD(VLE) <= 0.4%).