Replacing imidazole with benz-imidazole: a promising approach to enhance the electrocatalytic performance of imidazolium based surface active ionic liquids for greener electrosynthesis

Abstract

We present the synthesis of a novel benzimidazolium-based surface active ionic liquid (SAIL), 3-dodecyl-1H-3ƛ-benzo[d]imidazole chloride; a SAIL with excellent surface activity and self-aggregation tendency whose aqueous micellar solutions offer exceptional...