Ionic Association and Solvation of the Tetrapropyl Ammonium Bromide in Molecular Solvents

The symmetrical tetraalkyl ammonium halides make it possible to develop new materialsthat may have different industrial uses. On the fundamental level, the tetraalkyl ammonium saltsare interesting models for the study of the hydrophobic interactions occurring in electrolytesolutions due to their fairly high solubility in water and the possibility of working with serieshaving variable alkyl chain lengths [1-3]. This work performs a systematic study on theconductivity, volumetric, compressibility and surface tension properties of tetrapropylammonium bromide in various molecular solvents. The obtained results have been used toinvestigate the ionic association and solvation of this ammonium_based ionic liquid in differentsolvents.

Keywords:

Tetraalkyl Ammonium Halides , Compressibility , Ionic Association , Solvation