OLIGOMERIC GUANIDINE-CONTAINING PROTON CATIONIC IONIC LIQUID

Abstract

Oligomeric ionic liquids occupy an intermediate position between low molecular weight and polymeric. They are promising as polymer electrolytes in electrochemical devices for various purposes, membranes for the separation of gas mixtures, in sensor technologies, and so on. Oligomeric guanidinium ionic liquids are practically not described in the literature. In terms of studying the effect of the structure of the epoxy component on the properties of oligomeric ionic liquids of this type, it is advisable to introduce into its composition an aliphatic oligoether component. The choice of aliphatic oligoepoxide for the synthesis of guanidinium oligomeric ionic liquids is based on the fact that it is structurally similar to poly - and oligoethylene oxides, which are known to be non-toxic, biodegradable, and reactive oligomeric ionic liquids at elevated temperatures. A new type of reactive oligomeric proton cationic ionic liquid was synthesized by the reaction of oligomeric aliphatic diepoxide with guanidine, followed by neutralization of the product with hydrochloric acid. In this study, the synthesis of proton cationic oligomeric ionic liquids was based on the introduction of guanidinium fragments as end groups of the oligoether aliphatic chain. This reaction is attractive because of the ease of opening the oxirane ring with such a strong nucleophile as guanidine.The reaction forms a fragment with an aliphatic C-N bond, which retains the high basicity of the nitrogen atom. Its structure is characterized by the presence of guanidinium groups at the ends of the aliphatic hydroxyl-containing oligoether chain. The chemical structure of this compound is characterized by IR -, 1H ,13 C NMR spectroscopy methods, and its molecular mass characteristics are determined.The average molecular weight of the synthesized oligomeric ionic liquids is 610 g / mol.The value of the coefficient of polydispersity of the synthesized oligomeric ionic liquids is equal to 1.2. Determination of the content of amino groups in the guanidine-containing oligomer in the basic form by titrometric method allowed to establish that the value found is close to the theoretically calculated value. The synthesized oligomeric proton ionic liquid is characterized by an amorphous structure with two glass transition temperatures. The first lies in the range -70 °C, the second in the region of 70 °C, and the beginning of thermal oxidative destruction is located in the region of 148 °C. The temperature dependence of the ionic conductivity for this compound is nonlinear in the Arrhenius coordinates, which indicates the realization of ionic conductivity mainly due to the free volume in the system. The proton conductivity of this compound is 6.4·10-5–1·10-2Cm/cmin the range of 20–100 °C. The obtained compound exhibits surface-active properties characteristic of classical surfactants, as evidenced by the value of the limiting surface activity – 2.8·102 Nm2 / kmol. The value of CCM is 1.8·10-2 mol/l., and the value of the minimum surface tension – 37.70 mN / m. The synthesized oligomeric ionic liquid is of interest as electrolytes operating under anhydrous conditions, surfactants, disinfectants, and starting reagents for the synthesis of ion-containing blockopolymers.