Experimental and In Silico Comparative Study of Physicochemical Properties and Antimicrobial Activity of Carboxylate Ionic Liquids.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to create and study new substances with improved lipophilicity and antimicrobial properties, such as ionic liquids (ILs), with easily tunable physicochemical properties. Most ILs possess strong antibacterial effects, but ILs containing the imidazolium cation are even more effective than the positive control. Thus, in this study, three ionic liquids with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation and various carboxylate anions (phenylacetate, benzoate, and 4-methoxyphenylacetate) were synthesized and fully characterized. The interactions between the cations and anions were discussed based on the experimental density, viscosity, and electrical conductivity. From the measured electrical conductivity and viscosity, the Walden plot is constructed and ionicity

SUBMITTER: Cako Bagany N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11314197 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature