Abstract:
:1,3-Dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate ([C1mim][DMP]) was observed experimentally to be able to eliminate the atmospheric azeotropic point of acetone and methanol, which is an important azeotrope generally encountered in furfural production and the Fischer-Tropsch process. Here, we employed ab initio calculation to understand the underlying mechanism of [C1mim][DMP] in eliminating the azeotropic point of acetone and methanol. Structure, energy and interaction in binary-, ternary- and quaternary-clusters composed of methanol, acetone, [C1mim]+ or/and [DMP]‾ were calculated. The σ-hole, AIM and NBO analyses were performed to understand intermolecular interaction with electron density, electron occupancy, charge transfer and molecular orbital interaction. Hydrogen bond interaction plays a key role in azeotropic point elimination; due to the much stronger hydrogen bond interaction between methanol and [C1mim][DMP] than that between acetone and [C1mim][DMP], [C1mim][DMP] prefers to interact with methanol rather than acetone, and the original interaction between methanol and acetone is separated by [C1mim][DMP]. The hydrogen bond is from the orbital interaction between O lone-pair-electron orbitals of the hydrogen bond acceptor and σ * (C-H) or σ * (O-H) anti-bonding orbitals of the hydrogen bond donor, where remarkable electron or charge transfer occurs. These theoretical calculation results are in agreement with the experimental observation that [C1mim][DMP] eliminates the azeotropic point of methanol and acetone. This work shows that ab initio calculation may be employed to rationalize the design or synthesis of ionic liquids for separating azeotropes. Graphical Abstract Elimination of azeotropic point of acetone and methanol by [C1mim][DMP].
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J Mol Modeljournal_title
Journal of molecular modelingauthors
Yu G,Liu X,Zhang X,Chen X,Liu Z,Abdeltawab AAdoi
10.1007/s00894-017-3218-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-03-01 00:00:00pages
74issue
3eissn
1610-2940issn
0948-5023pii
10.1007/s00894-017-3218-yjournal_volume
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