1-Butyl-4-methylpyridinium tricyanomethanide, CAS: 1312925-66-8

Key Applications

Electrochemical Systems

• Serves as a high‑stability ionic liquid component for advanced electrolytes requiring wide electrochemical windows.
• Supports high‑voltage device architectures in supercapacitors, redox‑flow systems, and next‑generation batteries.
• Useful in ion‑transport studies where the tricyanomethanide anion provides low viscosity and enhanced ionic mobility.

Organic Electronics and Materials

• Functions as a tunable ionic medium for processing conductive polymers, charge‑transport layers, and flexible electronic materials.
• Enables controlled doping and morphology modification in organic semiconductors due to its stable, weakly coordinating anion.
• Suitable for thin‑film fabrication workflows where thermal and chemical stability are essential.

Catalysis and Synthesis

• Acts as a non‑volatile, polar reaction medium for transition‑metal and organocatalytic transformations.
• Supports anion‑sensitive pathways, including C–C and C–N bond‑forming reactions, by minimizing side reactions associated with coordinating anions.
• Useful in phase‑transfer and biphasic systems where ionic‑liquid partitioning enhances selectivity.

Separation Science

• Provides a customizable solvent phase for liquid–liquid extraction of metal ions, polar organics, and nitrogen‑rich species.
• The tricyanomethanide anion offers strong solvation characteristics beneficial for selective extraction and purification workflows.

Thermal and Process Engineering

• Suitable for high‑temperature operations due to its low volatility and thermal robustness.
• Can be incorporated into heat‑transfer or thermal‑storage research where ionic liquids with stable anions are required.

Research and Method Development

• Supports fundamental studies on structure–property relationships in pyridinium ionic liquids.
• Useful for benchmarking anion effects in conductivity, viscosity, and solvation behavior across ionic‑liquid families.

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