From chemistry-request -A_T- server.ccl.net Mon Jun 3 16:08:03 2002 Received: from puck.reed.edu ([134.10.2.8]) by server.ccl.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with SMTP id g53K81C00680 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:08:01 -0400 Received: (qmail 27235 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2002 20:07:17 -0000 Received: from rosencrantz.reed.edu (134.10.2.31) by puck.reed.edu with SMTP; 3 Jun 2002 20:07:17 -0000 Message-id: <6458782 {*at*} rosencrantz.reed.edu> Date: 03 Jun 2002 13:07:56 PDT From: Alan.Shusterman&$at$&directory.reed.edu (Alan Shusterman) Subject: RTIL bonds and viscosity To: chemistry _-at-_)ccl.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched Content-Disposition: inline I am studying the chemical and physical properties of room-temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) like N-butylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmim BF4). Can anyone point me at computational studies of these compounds? I'm particularly interested in the following properties: bond energies proton affinities solvent viscosity Also, is there a good way to predict viscosity using molecular models? Any leading references would be most appreciated. Thanks, -Alan ==== Alan Shusterman Department of Chemistry Reed College 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd. Portland, OR 97202 503-771-1112, ext. 7699