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Fedorova IV, Safonova LP. Proton transfer between sulfonic acids and various propylamines by density functional theory calculations. J Mol Model 2023; 29:230. [PMID: 37407869 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05624-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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CONTEXT Proton transfer in acid-base systems is not well understood. Some acid-base reactions do not proceed to the extent that is expected from the difference in the pKa values between the base and acid in aqueous solutions, yet some do. In that regard, we have computationally studied the process of proton transfer from the acids of varying strength (benzenesulfonic acid (BSu), methansulfonic acid (MsO), and sulfuric acid (SA)) to the amines with different numbers of propyl substituents on the nitrogen atom (propylamine (PrA), dipropylamine (DPrA), and tripropylamine (TPrA)) upon complexation. Density functional theory calculations were used to thoroughly examine the energetic and structural aspects of the molecular complexes and/or ionic pairs resulting from the acid-base interaction. The potential energy curves along the proton transfer coordinate in these acid-amine systems were analyzed. The change in free energies accompanying the molecular complexes and ionic pair formations was calculated, and the relationship between the energy values and the ΔРА parameter (difference in proton affinity of the acid anion and amine) was established. The larger ΔРА values were found to be unfavorable for the formation of ionic pairs. Using structural, energy, QTAIM, and NBO analyses, we determined that the hydrogen bonds in the molecular complexes PrA-MsO and PrA-BSu are stronger than those in their corresponding ionic pairs. The ionic pairs with the TPrA cation possess the strongest hydrogen bonds of all the ionic pairs being studied, regardless of the anion. The results showed that hydrogen bonding interactions in the molecular complexes contribute significantly to the energies of the acid-base interaction, while in the ionic pairs, the most important energy contribution comes from Coulomb interactions, followed by hydrogen bonding and dispersion forces. The ionic pairs with propylammonium, dipropylammonium, and tripropylammonium cations have stronger ion-ion interactions than tetrapropylammonium (TetPrA)-containing ionic pairs with the same anions. This effect rises with the order of the cation: TetPrA → TPrA → DPrA → PrA, and the sequence of anions is SA → BSu → MsO. The results obtained here expand the concept of acid-base interaction and provide an alternative to experimental searches for suitable acids and bases to obtain new types of protic ionic liquids. METHODS All quantum-chemical calculations were carried out by using the DFT/B3LYP-GD3/6-31++G(d,p) level as implemented in the Gaussian 09 software package. For the resulting structures, the electron density distribution was analyzed by the "atoms in molecules" (QTAIM) and the natural bond orbital (NBO) methods on the wave functions obtained at the same level of theory by AIMAll Version 10.05.04 and Gaussian NBO Version 3.1 programs, respectively.
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- Irina V Fedorova
- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademicheskaya Street, Ivanovo, 153045, Russia.
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- G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademicheskaya Street, Ivanovo, 153045, Russia
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Zhang Y, Zhang X, Tang S, Wang Y, Li H, Mochizuki K, Yao J. Relationship between Structure and Properties of Nonstoichiometric Protic Ionic Liquids: n-Butylammonium Butyrate System. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:10107-10113. [PMID: 36269300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nonstoichiometric protic ionic liquids have drawn much attention in applications, including fuel cells, batteries, and reaction media. An understanding of the relationship between their structure and properties is instructive for further applications. However, there are only a few studies on nonstoichiometric protic ionic liquids. Herein, the density, viscosity, and conductivity of nonstoichiometric n-butylammonium butyrate protic ionic liquids were measured, and we used small/wide-angle scattering (S/WAXS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to explore the effect of mesostructure on their properties. It is found that the hydrogen bonds drive excess N-butyric acid (PrCOOH) molecules to wrap around ion clusters, resulting in the higher density and viscosity of PrCOOH-rich PILs. The microenvironments around various radicals differ significantly in BuNH2-rich and PrCOOH-rich PILs because of the distinct molecular arrangements. This research provided a link between the physicochemical properties and structures of nonstoichiometric PILs, which is essential for their applications in electrolytes and organic reactions.
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- Yue Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
- ZJU-NHU United R&D Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
- ZJU-NHU United R&D Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
- ZJU-NHU United R&D Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
- ZJU-NHU United R&D Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P.R. China
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Structure of ethylammonium hydrogen sulfate protic ionic liquid through DFT calculations and MD simulations: the role of hydrogen bonds. Struct Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-022-02042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gallarati S, Fabregat R, Juraskova V, Inizan TJ, Corminboeuf C. How Robust Is the Reversible Steric Shielding Strategy for Photoswitchable Organocatalysts? J Org Chem 2022; 87:8849-8857. [PMID: 35762705 PMCID: PMC9295146 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A highly appealing strategy to modulate a catalyst's activity and/or selectivity in a dynamic and noninvasive way is to incorporate a photoresponsive unit into a catalytically competent molecule. However, the description of the photoinduced conformational or structural changes that alter the catalyst's intrinsic reactivity is often reduced to a handful of intuitive static representations, which can struggle to capture the complexity of flexible organocatalysts. Here, we show how a comprehensive exploration of the free energy landscape of N-alkylated azobenzene-tethered piperidine catalysts is essential to unravel the conformational characteristics of each configurational state and explain the experimentally observed reactivity trends. Mapping the catalysts' conformational space highlights the existence of false ON or OFF states that lower their switching ability. Our findings expose the challenges associated with the realization of a reversible steric shielding for the photocontrol of Brønsted basicity of piperidine photoswitchable organocatalysts.
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- Simone Gallarati
- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.,National Center for Competence in Research─Catalysis (NCCR-Catalysis), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.,National Center for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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Golub B, Ondo D, Ludwig R, Paschek D. Why Do Liquids Mix? The Mixing of Protic Ionic Liquids Sharing the Same Cation Is Apparently Driven by Enthalpy, Not Entropy. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3556-3561. [PMID: 35420814 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We study hydrogen bond (HB) redistribution in mixtures of two protic ionic liquids (PILs) sharing the same cation: triethylammonium methanesulfonate ([TEA][OMs]) and triethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([TEA][OTf]). The mixtures exhibit large negative energies of mixing. Based on results obtained from atomic detail molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we derive a lattice model, discriminating between HB and nonspecific intermolecular interactions. We demonstrate that due to the ordered structure of the PILs, mostly the HB interactions contribute to the mixing energy. This allows to us to connect the equilibrium of HBs to each of the two anion species with the corresponding excess energies and entropies. The entropy associated with HB redistribution is shown to be negative, and even overcompensating the positive entropy associated with a statistical distribution of the ions in the mixture. This is strongly suggesting that the mixing process is driven by enthalpy, not entropy.
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- Benjamin Golub
- Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5., 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 27, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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Naiyl RA, Kengara FO, Kiriamiti KH, Ragab YA. Lipid extraction from microalgae using pure caprolactam-based ionic liquids and with organic co-solvent. PEERJ ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.7717/peerj-achem.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
The main process limitation of microalgae biofuel technology is lack of cost-effective and efficient lipid extraction methods. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of six caprolactam-based ionic liquids (CPILs) namely, Caprolactamium chloride, Caprolactamium methyl sulphonate, Caprolactamium trifluoromethane sulfonate, Caprolactamium acetate, Caprolactamium hydrogen sulphate and Caprolactamium trifluoromethane-acetate—for extraction of lipids from wet and dry Spirulina platensis microalgae biomass. Of these, the first three are novel CPILs.
Methods
The caprolactam-based ionic liquids (CPILs) were formed by a combination of caprolactam with different organic and inorganic Brønsted acids, and used for lipid extraction from wet and dry S. platensis microalgae biomass. Extraction of microalgae was performed in a reflux at 95 °C for 2 h using pure CPILs and mixtures of CPIL with methanol (as co-solvent) in a ratio of 1:1 (w/w). The microalgae biomass was mixed with the ILs/ methanol in a ratio of 1:19 (w/w) under magnetic stirring.
Results
The yield by control experiment from dry and wet biomass was found to be 9.5% and 4.1%, respectively. A lipid recovery of 10% from dry biomass was recorded with both caprolactamium acetate (CPAA) and caprolactamium trifluoroacetate (CPTFA), followed by caprolactamium chloride (CPHA, 9.3 ± 0.1%). When the CPILs were mixed with methanol, observable lipids’ yield enhancement of 14% and 8% (CPAA), 13% and 5% (CPTFA), and 11% and 6% (CPHA) were recorded from dry and wet biomass, respectively. The fatty acid composition showed that C16 and C18 were dominant, and this is comparable to results obtained from the traditional solvent (methanol-hexane) extraction method. The lower level of pigments in the lipids extracted with CPHA and CPTFA is one of the advantages of using CPILs because they lower the cost of biodiesel production by reducing the purification steps.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the three CPILs, CPAA, CPHA and CPTFA can be considered as promising green solvents in terms of energy and cost saving in the lipid extraction and thus biodiesel production process.
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- Rania A. Naiyl
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Science & Aerospace Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
- Africa Centre of Excellence II in Phytochemicals Textile and Renewable Energy (ACE II PTRE), Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
- Department of Chemistry & Mohamed Obaid Mubarak (MOM) Laboratories, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Gezira State, Sudan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Science & Aerospace Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
- Africa Centre of Excellence II in Phytochemicals Textile and Renewable Energy (ACE II PTRE), Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
- School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Bomet University College, Bomet, Rift Valley, Kenya
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- Africa Centre of Excellence II in Phytochemicals Textile and Renewable Energy (ACE II PTRE), Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, School of Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya
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- Department of Chemistry & Mohamed Obaid Mubarak (MOM) Laboratories, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Gezira State, Sudan
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Polkovnichenko AV, Lupachev EV, Kvashnin SY, Kulov NN, Voshkin AA. Protic ionic liquid‐2,2,2‐trifluoroacetic acid‐methyl trifluoroacetate mixture distillation process. CAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS Moscow Russia
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- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS Moscow Russia
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- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS Moscow Russia
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Kirchner B, Blasius J, Alizadeh V, Gansäuer A, Hollóczki O. Chemistry Dissolved in Ionic Liquids. A Theoretical Perspective. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:766-777. [PMID: 35034453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The theoretical treatment of ionic liquids must focus now on more realistic models while at the same time keeping an accurate methodology when following recent ionic liquids research trends or allowing predictability to come to the foreground. In this Perspective, we summarize in three cases of advanced ionic liquid research what methodological progress has been made and point out difficulties that need to be overcome. As particular examples to discuss we choose reactions, chirality, and radicals in ionic liquids. All these topics have in common that an explicit or accurate treatment of the electronic structure and/or intermolecular interactions is required (accurate methodology), while at the same time system size and complexity as well as simulation time (realistic model) play an important role and must be covered as well.
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- Barbara Kirchner
- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4+6, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4+6, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4+6, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Beringstraße 4+6, D-53115 Bonn, Germany.,Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary
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Bodo E. Perspectives in the Computational Modeling of New Generation, Biocompatible Ionic Liquids. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:3-13. [PMID: 34978449 PMCID: PMC8762658 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In this Perspective, I review the current state of computational simulations on ionic liquids with an emphasis on the recent biocompatible variants. These materials are used here as an example of relatively complex systems that highlights the limits of some of the approaches commonly used to study their structure and dynamics. The source of these limits consists of the coexistence of nontrivial electrostatic, many-body quantum effects, strong hydrogen bonds, and chemical processes affecting the mutual protonation state of the constituent molecular ions. I also provide examples on how it is possible to overcome these problems using suitable simulation paradigms and recently improved techniques that, I expect, will be gradually introduced in the state-of-the-art of computational simulations of ionic liquids.
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- Enrico Bodo
- Chemistry Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, P. A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Golub B, Ondo D, Overbeck V, Ludwig R, Paschek D. Hydrogen Bond Redistribution Effects in Mixtures of Protic Ionic Liquids Sharing the Same Cation: Non-ideal Mixing with Large Negative Mixing Enthalpies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14740-14750. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01209j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a joint experimental and theoretical study characterising the hydrogen bond (HB) redistribution in mixtures of two different protic ionic liquids (PILs) sharing the same cation: triethylammonium-methanesulfonate ([TEA][OMs]) and...
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Le Donne A, Russo S, Bodo E. Assessing the propensity toward ionization in nanosized clusters of protic ionic liquids by Ab-initio methods. Chem Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Deep eutectic systems: An overview of fundamental aspects, current understanding and drug delivery applications. Int J Pharm 2021; 610:121203. [PMID: 34673164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The deep eutectic system (DES) is a relatively new concept in the field of drug delivery science. DES is a class of eutectic mixtures comprised of two or more components, with a eutectic point far below than the melting temperature of the pure components. The strong hydrogen bonding interactions between DES constituents are responsible for significant lowering of melting point in DES. A significant number of molecules cannot reach from drug discovery phase to drug development phase because of poor biopharmaceutical attributes, such as solubility and permeability. DES can be a novel alternative to overcome these issues. In last few years DESs have been widely used in different pharmaceutical and chemical processes. However, comprehensive information regarding their drug delivery potential is not available. This review deals with fundamental aspects such as types, preparation, thermodynamics, toxicity, biodegradability and their applications in the field of drug delivery. Current challenges, future prospects and translational aspects of DES as drug delivery system have also been discussed.
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Ebrahimi M, Kujawski W, Fatyeyeva K, Kujawa J. A Review on Ionic Liquids-Based Membranes for Middle and High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM FCs). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5430. [PMID: 34063925 PMCID: PMC8196583 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Today, the use of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) possessing ionic liquids (ILs) in middle and high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (MT-PEMFCs and HT-PEMFCs) have been increased. ILs are the organic salts, and they are typically liquid at the temperature lower than 100 °C with high conductivity and thermal stability. The membranes containing ILs can conduct protons through the PEMs at elevated temperatures (more than 80 °C), unlike the Nafion-based membranes. A wide range of ILs have been identified, including chiral ILs, bio-ILs, basic ILs, energetic ILs, metallic ILs, and neutral ILs, that, from among them, functionalized ionic liquids (FILs) include a lot of ion exchange groups in their structure that improve and accelerate proton conduction through the polymeric membrane. In spite of positive features of using ILs, the leaching of ILs from the membranes during the operation of fuel cell is the main downside of these organic salts, which leads to reducing the performance of the membranes; however, there are some ways to diminish leaching from the membranes. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of these issues by evaluating key studies that have been undertaken in the last years in order to present objective and comprehensive updated information that presents the progress that has been made in this field. Significant information regarding the utilization of ILs in MT-PEMFCs and HT-PEMFCs, ILs structure, properties, and synthesis is given. Moreover, leaching of ILs as a challenging demerit and the possible methods to tackle this problem are approached in this paper. The present review will be of interest to chemists, electrochemists, environmentalists, and any other researchers working on sustainable energy production field.
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- Mohammad Ebrahimi
- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (M.E.); (J.K.)
- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA ROUEN, CNRS, Polymères Biopolymères Surfaces (PBS), 76000 Rouen, France;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (M.E.); (J.K.)
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA ROUEN, CNRS, Polymères Biopolymères Surfaces (PBS), 76000 Rouen, France;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (M.E.); (J.K.)
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Bodo E. Modelling biocompatible ionic liquids based on organic acids and amino acids: challenges for computational models and future perspectives. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:4002-4013. [PMID: 33978045 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00011j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this short review I shall highlight the basic principle and the difficulties that arise in attempting the computational modeling of seemingly simple systems which hide an unexpected complexity. Biocompatible ionic liquids which are based on the coupling of organic or amino acid anions with metabolic cations such as cholinium are the target of this review. These substances have been the subject of intense research activities in the last few years and have attracted the attention of computational chemists. I shall show that the computational description of these substances is far from trivial and requires the use of sophisticated techniques in order to account for a surprisingly rich chemistry that is due to several phenomena such as polarization, charge transfer, proton transfer equilibria and tautomerization reactions.
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- Enrico Bodo
- Chemistry Department, University of Rome "La Sapienza", P. A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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