It is a typical ionic liquid usually used as the solvent in the organic synthesis and chemical industry. For example, this chemical can act as the solvent for dissolving CO2 gas.1 This substance may also function as the solvent for dissolving the electroactive oxygen, thus allowing for the study of electrochemical reduction of oxygen by cyclic voltammetry at a gold microdisk electrode.2 Moreover, determination of ammonia based on electro-oxidation of hydroquinone has been carried out by using this compound as the solvent.3 Besides, nanoparticles of ZnO with the wurtzite structure have been synthesized via a microwave through the decomposition of zinc acetate dihydrate in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide as a solvent.4
- Schilderman, A. M.; Raeissi, S.; Peters, C. J., Solubility of carbon dioxide in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Fluid Phase Equilib. 2007, 260, 19-22.
- Buzzeo, M. C.; Klymenko, O. V.; Wadhawan, J. D.; Hardacre, C.; Seddon, K. R.; Compton, R. G., Voltammetry of oxygen in the room-temperature ionic liquids 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide and hexyltriethylammonium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide: One-electron reduction to form superoxide. Steady-state and transient behavior in the same cyclic voltammogram resulting from widely different diffusion coefficients of oxygen and superoxide. J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 8872-8878.
- Giovanelli, D.; Buzzeo, M. C.; Lawrence, N. S.; Hardacre, C.; Seddon, K. R.; Compton, R. G., Determination of ammonia based on the electro-oxidation of hydroquinone in dimethylformamide or in the room temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Talanta 2004, 62, 904-911.
- Goharshadi, E. K.; Ding, Y.; Nancarrow, P., Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles in a room-temperature ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 2008, 69, 2057-2060.
1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide is an ionic liquid; used in method for regulating thermal response temperature of ionic liquid gel and thermal response ionic liquid gel.
1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [EMIM][N(Tf)2] is a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL). ([EMIM][N(Tf)2]) as a non-aqueous solvent, is advantageous over traditional aprotic polar organic solvents in electrochemical investigation of electroactive species since it has low vapor pressure, high thermal stability, good conductivity and a wide electrochemical window. [EMIM][N(Tf)2] shows good solubility in CO2.
