文摘
We investigated the ultrafast dynamics in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium-based ionic liquids with two series of anions, (1) cyano-group substituted anions (thiocyanate [SCN]鈭?/sup>, dicyanamide [N(CN)2]鈭?/sup>, and tricyanomethide [C(CN)3]鈭?/sup>) and (2) trifluoromethylsulfonyl-group substituted anions (trifluoromethanesulfonate [OTf]鈭?/sup>, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide [NTf2]鈭?/sup>, and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide [CTf3]鈭?/sup>). This was done by femtosecond Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy. From the Fourier transform Kerr spectra of the ionic liquids, the low-frequency spectrum of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethide shows a low-frequency shift compared to the ILs with the other cyano-group substituted anions due to the planar structures of the cation and the anion. The relative amplitude of the low-frequency band at approximately 20 cm鈭? compared to the entire broad spectrum for the ionic liquids with trifluoromethylsulfonyl-group substituted anions becomes larger with the order [OTf]鈭?/sup> < [NTf2]鈭?/sup> 鈮?[CTf3]鈭?/sup>. This vibrational band can be attributed to the librational motion of anions and/or the coupling of the translational and reorientational motions.