Pressure-induced phase transition of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [bmim][PF6]


Takahiro Takekiyoa, Naohiro Hatanoa,Yusuke Imaib, Hiroshi Abeb and YukihiroYoshimuraa

aDepartment of Applied Chemistry, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan
bDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan

High Pressure Research 31 (2011) 35-38.


Abstract
We have investigated the pressure-induced Raman spectral change of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]) using Raman spectroscopy. The relative Raman intensity at 590 cm-1 of the CH2 rocking band assigned to the gauche conformer of the NCCC dihedral angle of the butyl group in the [bmim]+ cation increases when the pressure-induced liquid-crystalline phase transition occurs, while that at 610 cm-1 assigned to the trans conformer decreases. Our results show that the high-pressure phase transition of [bmim][PF6] causes the increase of the gauche conformer of the [bmim]+ cation.



Fig. 1
Optimized structures of the trans and gauche conformers of the [bmim]+ cation by B3LYP/6-311+(d) level


Fig. 2
(a) Raman spectra of pure [bmim][PF6] in the 280-900 cm-1 region as a function of pressure. The asterisks represent the frequencies of the PF6 ion. CH2 r represents the CH2 rocking mode. (b) Pressure dependence of the intensity ratio (Igauche/Itrans ) between the conformers of the [bmim]+ cation.
Fig. 3.
Variation of the molecular volume (VM) of the [bmim]+ cation as a function of the NCCC dihedral angle.

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