In Competition for Water: Hydrated Choline Chloride:Urea vs Choline Acetate:Urea Deep Eutectic Solvents
The replacement of chloride with acetate makes possible the design of safer choline-based DESs.
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Unlike the archetypal deep eutectic solvent (DES) choline chloride:urea (ChCl:U), fundamental knowledge of the intermolecular network in choline acetate (ChOAc) DESs and how they change upon dilution is still missing.
Here we jointly use UV resonance Raman (UVRR) and NMR spectroscopy to comparatively explore how the strength and distribution of hydrogen bonding and the solvation of the components are modified in ChOAc:U and ChCl:U with increasing hydration. |
The combined approach provides a multifaceted consistent description of the systems, outlining the crucial role of the anion in driving the structure and dynamics of the materials and then yielding valuable data toward the exploitation of DESs as tunable systems. |
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September 2021 19:17
