Thermal Behaviour and Structural Properties of Surfactant - Picrate Compounds: the effect of the ammonium headgroup number

Crosbi ID193811
Bib IRB ID633864
Year2013
StatusObjavljeno
Typeprilog u časopisu
Subtypeizvorni znanstveni rad
AuthorsTomašić, Vlasta ; Biliškov, Nikola ; Mihelj, Tea ; Štefanić, Zoran
JournalThermochimica acta
Volume569
Pagesstr. 25-35
DOI10.1016/j.tca.2013.06.041
ISSN0040-6031
EISSN1872-762X
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en original Thermal Behaviour and Structural Properties of Surfactant - Picrate Compounds: the effect of the ammonium headgroup number

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Novel quaternary n-dodecyldimethylammonium picrates with two to four chains connected by an ethylene spacer at the ammonium headgroup level were synthesized. The effect of the headgroup number and the impact of picrate anion to their physicochemical properties was examined. Crystal structure of dimeric dipicrate is significantly different from bromide analogue. The dominant feature of this crystal packing is a layered structure with aromatic rings of picrate molecules, stacked via strong π•••π interactions and connected to the alkylammonium molecules with their nitro groups by C-H•••O hydrogen bonds. Weak NO2···HC hydrogen bonds further stabilize the structure. Higher degree of oligomerization leads to the less ordered solid phase and amorphous picrate structure. These amorphous structures result from widespread and disordered hydrogen bonding and rupture of π-π stacking in samples with more than two headgroups. Unlike corresponding bromides, picrate compounds show reversible phase transitions without thermal decomposition. Temperature-dependent infrared spectroscopy in the liquid phase detected adiabatic phase transitions.

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en original picric acid; cationic oligomeric surfactant; infrared spectroscopy; thermal analysis; crystal structure

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Tomašić, Vlasta ; Biliškov, Nikola ; Mihelj, Tea ; Štefanić, Zoran
Thermal Behaviour and Structural Properties of Surfactant - Picrate Compounds: the effect of the ammonium headgroup number // Thermochimica acta, 569 (2013), 25-35. doi: 10.1016/j.tca.2013.06.041
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