TY - JOUR EP - 1272 SN - 10049541 PB - Chemical Industry Press TI - Effect of alkyl chain length on the thermophysical properties of pyridinium carboxylates SP - 1266 N1 - cited By 12 AV - none VL - 25 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017131356&doi=10.1016%2fj.cjche.2016.11.009&partnerID=40&md5=5a11a2a25b26ac85a79f8fb02f52f695 A1 - Rashid, T. A1 - Kait, C.F. A1 - Murugesan, T. JF - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Y1 - 2017/// KW - Carboxylation; Carboxylic acids; Chain length; Decomposition; Glass transition; Hydrogen bonds; Ionic liquids; Negative ions; Physical properties; Pyridine; Refractive index; Specific heat; Surface tension; Temperature; Viscosity; Volatile fatty acids KW - Alkyl chain lengths; High thermal stability; Increasing temperatures; Molar heat capacities; Physicochemical property; Protic ionic liquids; Thermal decomposition temperature; Thermal expansivity KW - Thermodynamic properties KW - Anions; Carboxylic Acids; Degree Of Polymerization; Hydrogen Bonds; Refractivity; Surface Tension ID - scholars8435 IS - 9 N2 - In the present study, new series of pyridinium carboxylate protic ionic liquids (PILs) were synthesized by pairing pyridinium cation with carboxylate anion from C1â??C3 forming pyridinium formate (C5H6N+HCOOâ??), pyridinium acetate (C5H6N+CH3COOâ??) and pyridinium propionate (C5H6N+CH3CH2COOâ??) respectively. The physical properties namely, density, viscosity, surface tension (298.15â??343.15) K, and refractive index (293.15â??323.15) K were measured. Thermal properties namely, glass transition temperature, molar heat capacity, and thermal decomposition temperatures were also determined. The thermal expansivity was calculated using the experimental density data. The effect of increasing the alkyl chain length on the thermophysical properties of the pyridinium carboxylate PILs has been evaluated. As expected the physical properties i.e. density, viscosity, surface tension and refractive index of the investigated pyridinium carboxylates decreased with increasing temperature. In general pyridinium carboxylate PILs possessed low viscosity, high thermal stability and excellent hydrogen bonding capability, and these properties lead them to outperform conventional solvents employed for lignin dissolution. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. ER -