Synthesis of non-cyclic amide and thioamide based ionic liquids

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Field	Value
Publication number	US-10450264-B2
Application number	US-201815866393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2018
Priority date	Jul 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

Non-cyclic amide or thioamide based ionic liquids and methods of making them are disclosed. The non-cyclic amide or thioamide based ionic liquid comprises a cation and an anion and has the formula:

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A non-cyclic amide or thioamide based ionic liquid comprising a cation and an anion, the ionic liquid having a formula:

wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halide, a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted aryl group, a C 2 -C 12 ether group, or a silyl group; or wherein R 1 is selected from hydrogen, halide, a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted aryl group, a C 2 -C 12 ether group, or a silyl group, and R 2 and R 3 form a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, or a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, or the substituted aryl group is not substituted with a cyano group or a thiocyanate group; and X − is a nitrate, a phosphate, a phosphinate, a phosphonate, an imide, a borate, a sulfate, a sulfonate, an acetate, a halide, a halometallate, and combinations thereof.

2. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the anion is the halide and wherein the halide is bromide, chloride, iodide, fluoride, or combinations thereof.

3. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the anion is the halometallate, wherein the metal in the halometallate comprises Sn, Al, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ga, Cu, Ni, Co, In, or combinations thereof, and wherein the halide in the halometallate comprises bromide, chloride, iodide, fluoride, or combinations thereof, and wherein the halometallate optionally includes an —OH group.

4. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the anion is the halometallate, and wherein the halometallate comprises AlCl 4 − , Al 2 Cl 7 − , Al 3 Cl 10 − , AlCl 3 Br − , Al 2 Cl 6 Br − , Al 3 Cl 9 Br − , AlBr 4 − , Al 2 Br 7 − , Al 3 Br 10 − , GaCl 4 − , Ga 2 Cl 7 − , Ga 3 Cl 10 − , GaCl 3 Br − , Ga 2 Cl 6 Br − , Ga 3 Cl 9 Br − , CuCl 2 − , Cu 2 Cl 3 − , Cu 3 Cl 4 − , ZnCl 3 − , FeCl 3 − , FeCl 4 − , Fe 3 Cl 7 − , InCl 4 − , InCl 5 2− , InCl 6 3− , or combinations thereof.

5. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the cation comprises N,N-dimethylacetamidium, acetamidium, carbonyl diamidium, thioamidium, N-methylthioacetamidium, N,N-dimethylthioacetamidium, N-methylacetamidium, N,N-dimethylformamidium, benzamidium, N-methylbenzamidium, N,N-dimethylbenzamidium, or dichloroacetamidium.

6. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the ionic liquid is N,N-dimethylacetamidium chloride, N,N-dimethylacetamidium bromide, N,N-dimethylacetamidium AlCl 4 , N,N-dimethylacetamidium Al 2 Cl 7 , acetamidium chloride, acetamidium bromide, acetamidium AlCl 4 , acetamidium Al 2 C 7 , urea chloride, urea bromide, urea AlCl 4 , urea Al 2 Cl 7 , thioacetamidium chloride, thioacetamidium bromide, thioacetamidium AlCl 4 , thioacetamidium Al 2 Cl 7 , N-methylthioacetamidium chloride, N-methylthioacetamidium bromide, N-methylthioacetamidium AlCl 4 , N-methylthioacetamidium Al 2 Cl 7 , N,N-dimethylthioacetamidium chloride, N,N-dimethylthioacetamidium bromide, N,N-dimethylthioacetamidium AlCl 4 , N,N-dimethylthioacetamidium Al 2 Cl 7 , N-methylacetamidium chloride, N-methylacetamidium bromide, N-methylacetamide AlCl 4 , N-methylacetamidium Al 2 Cl 7 , N,N-dimethylformamidium chloride, N,N-dimethylformamidium bromide, N,N-dimethylformamidium AlCl 4 , or N,N-dimethylformamidium Al 2 Cl 7 .

7. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the anion is a halometallate and wherein a mol ratio cation to the metal in the halometallate is in a range of about 1:0.8 to about 1:2.2.

8. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the anion is the halometallate and wherein a ratio of metal to halide in the halometallate is less than a ratio of the metal to the halide in a neutral metal halide.

9. The ionic liquid of claim 1 wherein the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, or the substituted aryl group is substituted with a halide, a C 2 -C 12 ether group, a silyl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a sulfonyl group, an amine group, a nitrile group, or combinations thereof.

10. A method of making a non-cyclic amide or thioamide based ionic liquid comprising:
reacting a non-cyclic amide or thioamide having a general formula:

with a Brønsted acid HX to form an amidium or thioamidium reaction product wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halide, a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted aryl group, a C 2 -C 12 ether group, or a silyl group; or wherein R 1 is selected from hydrogen, halide, a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, an aryl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, a substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted aryl group, a C 1 -C 12 ether group, or a silyl group, and R 2 and R 3 form a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, a C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, or a substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, wherein the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, the substituted C 1 -C 12 alkenyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkyl group, the substituted C 4 -C 12 cycloalkenyl group, or the substituted aryl group is not substituted with a cyano group or a thiocyanate group; and
wherein an anion in the Brønsted acid HX is a nitrate, a phosphate, a phosphinate, a phosphonate, an imide, a borate, a sulfate, a sulfonate, an acetate, a halide, a halometallate, and combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the Brønsted acid HX is at least one of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydroiodic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, tetrafluoroboric acid, sulfonic acid, triflic acid, toluenesulfonic acid dihaloacetic acid, and trihaloacetic acid.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the Brønsted acid HX is at least one of the hydrochloric acid, the hydrobromic acid, and the hydroiodic acid, and further comprising reacting the amidium or thioamidium reaction product with a metal halide to form an amidium or thioamidium halometallate reaction product.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein a metal of the metal halide comprises Sn, Al, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ga, Cu, Ni, Co, In, or combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 12 a mol ratio of the amidium or thioamidium reaction product to the metal halide is in a range of about 1:0.8 to about 1:2.2.

15. The method of clai

Assignees

• Uop Llc

Inventors

• Broderick Erin M
• Buchbinder Avram M
• Bhattacharyya Alakananda

Classifications

• C07C233/89 Primary

  having nitrogen atoms of carboxamide groups quaternised · CPC title

• C07C2/58

  Catalytic processes · CPC title

• C07C2527/125

  Compounds comprising a halogen and scandium, yttrium, aluminium, gallium, indium or thallium · CPC title

• C07C231/12

  by reactions not involving the formation of carboxamide groups · CPC title

• C07C9/16

  Branched-chain hydrocarbons · CPC title