The association of like-charged ions in tunable protic pyrazolium salts
Journal of Molecular Structure, vol.1242, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 1242
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130684
- Journal Name: Journal of Molecular Structure
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC
- Keywords: Tunable protic salts, Pyrazolium, Like-charge attraction, Crystal structure, DFT-D3 calculations, PI-PI-STACKING, CATION-CATION, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, LIQUIDS, CLUSTERS, FEATURES
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.The association of like-charged ions is an elusive concept due to the lack of supporting experimental evidence. In the present work, 3,5-dimethyl-1-(p-substitutedphenyl)pyrazolium hexafluorophosphate (p-Cl (2a), p-Br (2b), p-OCH3 (2c)) tunable protic pyrazolium salts have been synthesized and characterized. The association of like-charged ions in the synthesized salts was observed, as evidenced by X-ray structure analysis of single crystals. The effect of the p-substituent on the association of like-charged ions has been investigated. DFT-D3 studies were performed to unravel the links between the experimentally obtained X-ray results for the solid phase and theoretically calculated results for an isolated system in the gas phase. Additionally, infrared analysis and molecular electrostatic potential analysis were conducted using DFT-D3 to get further information.