Linear free energy relationship (LFER) correlations for the solubilising characterisation of room temperature ionic liquids containing triethylsulphonium and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium cations

Gas-to-room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) partition coefficients have been compiled from the published literature for solutes dissolved in triethylsulphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide, {[E3S]+[(Tf)2N]-}, and in 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulphonate, {[BMPyr]+[Trif]-}. These partition coefficients were converted into water-to-RTIL partition coefficients using the corresponding gas-to-water partition coefficients. Both sets of partition coefficients were analysed using the Abraham model with cation-specific and anion-specific equation coefficients. Equation coefficients are reported for the triethylsulphonium and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium cations. The calculated cation coefficients can be combined with our previously determined eight sets of anion-specific equation coefficients to yield expressions capable of predicting the partition coefficients of solutes in 16 different RTILs.