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1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide

>97.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

BMIMBr

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H15BrN2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
219.12
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

>97.0% (HPLC)

form

crystals

impurities

≤1% water

SMILES string

[Br-].CCCCn1cc[n+](C)c1

InChI

1S/C8H15N2.BrH/c1-3-4-5-10-7-6-9(2)8-10;/h6-8H,3-5H2,1-2H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

KYCQOKLOSUBEJK-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide is a neutral ionic liquid.

Application

BMIMBr undergoes gelation with gelatin to form ion jelly, a quasi-solid material for use in chemoresistive gas sensors. It can be used as a solvent for the preparation of 1,2,4,5-substituted imidazoles.

Other Notes

Ionic liquid used in a Heck reaction

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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L. Xu et al. et al.
Organometallics, 19, 1123-1123 (2000)
Apparent molar volume and isentropic compressibility of ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide in water, methanol, and ethanol at T=(298.15 to 318.15) K
Zafarani-Moattar, Mohammed Taghi, and Hemayat Shekaari
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 37.10, 1029-1035 (2005)
Teng-Hui Wang et al.
International journal of molecular sciences, 22(2) (2021-01-23)
Mixtures of polyethylene oxide (PEO, M.W.~900,000) and imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) are studied using high-pressure Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. At ambient pressure, the spectral features in the C-H stretching region reveal that PEO can disturb the local structures of the imidazolium
Catalyst-free one-pot four component synthesis of polysubstituted imidazoles in neutral ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide.
Hasaninejad A, et al.
Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, 12(6), 844-849 (2010)
Physical and electrochemical properties of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide, and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate
Kim, Ki-Sub, Bae-Kun Shin, and Huen Lee
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 21.5, 1010-1014 (2004)

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