Assessment of the photocatalytic transformation of pyridinium-based ionic liquids in water

Add time:07/15/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

We studied some ionic liquids (ILs) belonging to the pyridinium class under photocatalytic treatment. In particularly, we analysed how the length of the alkyl chain, the kind of inorganic ion and the type of substituents could influence the disappearance rate, the mineralization extent, the acute toxicity and the transformation mechanism. For such, we selected some pyridinium derivatives with different alkyl chain but the same anion, namely tetrafluoroborate (1-ethylpyridinium, 1-butylpyridinium, 1-hexylpyridinium), with two alkyl substituents (4-methyl-1-butylpyridinium) and with a different substituent (1-cyanopropylpyridinium). Then, on a selected IL (1-butylpyridinium), we evaluate the role of different inorganic anions (bromine and chlorine). The results show that irrespective to the alkyl chain or the number of substituents, the transformation involved an attack to the alkyl chain, proceeded through the formation of harmless compounds and the mineralization was easily achieved within 4 h. Nitrogen was mainly released as ammonium ion. When introducing a cyano group, the extent of nitrate ions and the number of possible transformation route increased. Conversely, the type of inorganic ion deeply affected the transformation pathways and the extent of mineralization. Actually, in the presence of bromide as anion, IL was only partially mineralized and the formation of highly persistent transformation products occurred.

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