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Dissolution of metal salts in bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-based ionic liquids: studying the affinity of metal cations toward a "weakly coordinating" anion.

Despite the weakly coordinating ability of the bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anion ([Tf2N](-)) the corresponding ionic liquids (ILs) are able to dissolve relevant amounts of metal salts having the same anion, M[Tf2N]x. To better understand the metal dissolution process we evaluated the interaction ability of a set of metal cations (Y(III), Al(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Ag(I), Li(I), and Na(I)) toward the [Tf2N](-) anion measuring the relative aptitude to give the corresponding anionic monocharged complex, [M(Tf2N)x+1](-) using the ESI-MS technique. UV-vis and NMR measurements were carried out to verify the consistence between the liquid and the gas phase. Density functional theory calculations have been used to identify the metal-containing species and determine their relative stability. An interesting correlation between interaction ability and chemical properties (Lewis acidity) was found.