TY - JOUR A1 - Abouserie, Ahed A1 - Zehbe, Kerstin A1 - Metzner, Philipp A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Günter, Christina A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Körzdörfer, Thomas A1 - Taubert, Andreas T1 - Alkylpyridinium Tetrahalidometallate Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Crystals: Insights into the Origin of Their Phase Behavior JF - European journal of inorganic chemistry : a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe N2 - Six N-alkylpyridinium salts [CnPy](2)[MCl4] (n = 4 or 12 and M = Co, Cu, Zn) were synthesized, and their structure and thermal properties were studied. The [C4Py](2)[MCl4] compounds are monoclinic and crystallize in the space group P2(1)/n. The crystals of the longer chain analogues [C12Py](2)[MCl4] are triclinic and crystallize in the space group P (1) over bar. Above the melting temperature, all compounds are ionic liquids (ILs). The derivatives with the longer C12 chain exhibit liquid crystallinity and the shorter chain compounds only show a melting transition. Consistent with single-crystal analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy suggests that the [CuCl4](2-) ions in the Cu-based ILs have a distorted tetrahedral geometry. KW - Ionic liquids KW - Alkylpyridinium salts KW - Structure elucidation KW - Phase transitions Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700826 SN - 1434-1948 SN - 1099-0682 SP - 5640 EP - 5649 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abouserie, Ahed A1 - Zehbe, Kerstin A1 - Metzner, Philipp A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Günter, Christina A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Strauch, Peter A1 - Körzdörfer, Thomas A1 - Taubert, Andreas T1 - Alkylpyridinium Tetrahalidometallate Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Crystals: Insights into the Origin of Their Phase Behavior JF - European journal of inorganic chemistry : a journal of ChemPubSoc Europe N2 - Six N-alkylpyridinium salts [CnPy](2)[MCl4] (n = 4 or 12 and M = Co, Cu, Zn) were synthesized, and their structure and thermal properties were studied. The [C4Py](2)[MCl4] compounds are monoclinic and crystallize in the space group P2(1)/n. The crystals of the longer chain analogues [C12Py](2)[MCl4] are triclinic and crystallize in the space group P (1) over bar. Above the melting temperature, all compounds are ionic liquids (ILs). The derivatives with the longer C12 chain exhibit liquid crystallinity and the shorter chain compounds only show a melting transition. Consistent with single-crystal analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy suggests that the [CuCl4](2-) ions in the Cu-based ILs have a distorted tetrahedral geometry. KW - Ionic liquids KW - Alkylpyridinium salts KW - Structure elucidation KW - Phase transitions Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700826 SN - 1434-1948 SN - 1099-0682 SP - 5640 EP - 5649 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER -