Activity coefficients at infinite dilution measurements for organic solutes and water in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate.

The activity coefficients at infinite dilution, gamma 13 (infinity) for 32 solutes: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, thiophene, tetrahydrofurane, tert-butyl methyl ether, and water in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate [BMIM][CF3SO3] were determined by gas-liquid chromatography at the temperatures from 298.15 to 368.15 K. The partial molar excess enthalpies at infinite dilution values Delta H 1 (E,infinity) were calculated from the experimental gamma 13 (infinity) values obtained over the temperature range. The selectivities for the hexane/benzene, cyclohexane/benzene, n-hexane/thiophene, n-decane/thiophene, cyclohexane/thiophene, toluene/thiophene, and oct-1-ene/thiophene separation problems were calculated from the gamma 13 (infinity). Obtained values were compared to the literature values for the other ionic liquids, NMP, and sulfolane.