Precise
vapor pressure osmometry (VPO) measurements at 308.15 K
were conducted for solutions of three ILs, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium
tetrafluoroborate ([Bmim][BF4]), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium
bromide ([Bmim][Br]), and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate
([Bmim][HSO4]), in aqueous solutions of three carbohydrates,
sucrose, maltose, and maltitol, as well as for solutions of the carbohydrates
in aqueous solutions of these ILs. Because of the unfavorable IL–carbohydrate
interactions, all the investigated IL + carbohydrates aqueous systems
show the soluting-out effect and vapor–liquid equilibria behavior
of these systems in the monophasic region show the negative deviation
from the semi-ideal behavior (a
w + 1 < a
wIL° + a
wC°
and Δp < Δp
IL° + Δp
C°). For a certain
carbohydrate and at the same molality of IL, the magnitude of the
departures for the investigated ILs follows the order: [Bmim][BF4] > [Bmim][HSO4] ≫ [Bmim][Br]. In the
case
of [Bmim][BF4]/carbohydrate aqueous systems, which have
a phase separation capability, the soluting-out power of the carbohydrates
on [Bmim][BF4] in aqueous solutions (or negative deviation
from the semi-ideal behavior) reduced by decreasing the hydrophilicity
of the carbohydrates. Aqueous [Bmim][Br]/carbohydrate and [Bmim][HSO4]/carbohydrate systems are unable to form the ABS, and the
soluting-out effect of the ILs on the aqueous carbohydrate solutions
appears in the form of precipitation of sugars from the aqueous solutions.