We have investigated the performance of several computational protocols in predicting the NMR spectrum of a molecular ion in a complex liquid phase such as an ionic liquid. To do this, we computed the proton NMR chemical shifts of the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation [emim](+) in [emim][Cl]. Environmental effects on the imidazolium ring proton chemical shifts are quite significant and must be taken into account explicitly. Calculations performed on the isolated imidazolium cation as well as on the [emim][Cl ion pair grossly fail to reproduce the correct spacing between proton signals. In contrast, calculations performed on clusters extracted from the trajectory of a Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulation yield very good results.
Computing the 1H NMR Spectrum of the Bulk Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride from Snapshots of Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics Simulations
BAGNO, ALESSANDRO;G. SAIELLI
2007
Abstract
We have investigated the performance of several computational protocols in predicting the NMR spectrum of a molecular ion in a complex liquid phase such as an ionic liquid. To do this, we computed the proton NMR chemical shifts of the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation [emim](+) in [emim][Cl]. Environmental effects on the imidazolium ring proton chemical shifts are quite significant and must be taken into account explicitly. Calculations performed on the isolated imidazolium cation as well as on the [emim][Cl ion pair grossly fail to reproduce the correct spacing between proton signals. In contrast, calculations performed on clusters extracted from the trajectory of a Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulation yield very good results.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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