Abstract:
The interaction between 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrosulphates ionic liquid (BmimHSO
4) and nitrogenous compounds (quinoline and indole) were investigated by density functional theory, and analyzed by NBO and AIM methods. The most stable structure of BmimHSO
4 ionic pair displays a strong hydrogen bond interaction between O atom in HSO
4- anion and C14-H20 in imidazolium ring. NBO and AIM analysis at the molecular level proves that there is a strong interaction between quinoline or indole and the anion of BmimHSO
4. The strong interaction between the active hydrogen of HSO
4- and the N atom of quinoline molecule as well as the hydrogen bond formed between the H atom of N-H in indole molecule and the O atom of HSO
4- are the main driving force for denitrogenation performance of BmimHSO
4.