A new group of imidazolium salt-based chiral ionic liquids have been prepared and characterized The chiral ionic liquids obtained are stable in air in contact with water and popular organic solvents Their physicochemical properties single-crystal X-ray structures antimicrobial activities and antielectrostatic effects have been determined The chiral ionic liquids synthesized have proven to represent not only potential new solvents in asymmetric synthesis but also effective disinfectants with antielectrostatic activity (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
Ionic Liquids with Symmetrical Dialkoxymethyl-Substituted Imidazolium Cations
A new one-step procedure is described for the synthesis of disubstituted imidazolium chlorides. 1,3-Dialkoxymethylimidazolium chlorides thus obtained can be employed as synthetic precursors of symmetrical ILs. The salts have been found to exhibit antimicrobial activity and an antielectrostatic effect. Their densities and viscosities have been determined and are reported herein. It has also been demonstrated