Nanocage formation and structural anomalies in imidazolium ionic liquid glasses governed by alkyl chains of cations was written by Bakulina, Olga D.;Ivanov, Mikhail Yu.;Prikhod’ko, Sergey A.;Pylaeva, Svetlana;Zaytseva, Irina V.;Surovtsev, Nikolay V.;Adonin, Nicolay Yu.;Fedin, Matvey V.. And the article was included in Nanoscale in 2020.Reference of 35487-17-3 This article mentions the following:
Intriguing nanostructuring anomalies have been recently observed in imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) near their glass transition points, where local d. around a nanocaged solute progressively grows up with temperature Herewith, we for the first time demonstrate exptl. and theor., that these anomalies are governed by alkyl chains of cations and crucially depend on their length. ESR spectroscopy on a series of ILs [Cnmim]BF4 (n = 0-12) shows that only the chains with n = 3-10 favor anomaly. Moreover, remarkable even vs. odd n peculiarities were systematically observed Finally, similar anomaly was for the first time observed for a non-IL glass of di-Bu phthalate, which structurally mimics cations of imidazolium ILs. Therefore, such anomalous d. behavior in a glassy state nanocage goes far beyond ILs and proves to be a more general phenomenon, which can be structurally tuned and rationally adjusted for various potential applications in nanoscale materials. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 1-Methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride (cas: 35487-17-3Reference of 35487-17-3).
1-Methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride (cas: 35487-17-3) belongs to imidazole derivatives. Imidazole is the basic core of some natural products such as histidine, purine, histamine and DNA based structures, etc. Among the different heterocyclic compounds, imidazole is better known due to its broad range of chemical and biological properties. Imidazole also acts as a microtubule destabilizing agents and inhibits topoisomerase and Cytochrome P450 Family 26 Subfamily A Member 1 (CYP26A1) enzymes.Reference of 35487-17-3
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