Laboratories for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA
Lucas C. Messer
Department of Chemistry, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA
Nathan J. Weeks
Laboratories for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA
Timothy J. Fuhrer
Department of Chemistry, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA
Scott T. Iacono
Laboratories for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA
The title compound was synthesized in near quantitative yields via initial nucleophilic aromatic substitution of pentafluoropyridine (PFP) with 4-(2-bromoethyl)phenol as a versatile precursor for ionic liquids (ILs). The purity and structure were determined using 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR and GC-EIMS.
