Synthesis and Properties of Triaminocyclopropenium Cation Based Ionic Liquids as Hypergolic Fluids

Yunhe Jin, Binshen Wang, Wenquan Zhang, Shi Huang, Kangcai Wang, Xiujuan Qi, Qinghua Zhang*

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Abstract

A novel family of hydrophobic triaminocyclopropenium cation based ionic liquids have been synthesized, and their structures and physicochemical properties characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and hypergolic tests. The experimental results showed that all of these ionic liquids exhibited the expected hypergolic reactivity with the oxidizer white fuming nitric acid. Among them, the hypergolic ionic liquid based on the cyanoimidazolylborohydride anion showed excellent integrated properties, including high decomposition temperature (194 °C), high density (0.95 g cm−3), moderate viscosity (44 MPa s), ultrafast ignition delay time (6 ms), and high specific impulse (301.9 s); this demonstrates its potential as an environmentally friendly alternative to toxic hydrazine derivatives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4620-4627
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume24
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cations
  • hypergolic fuels
  • ionic liquids
  • substituent effects
  • thermochemistry

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