Ionic liquids have received much attention because of their various applications. We are preparing functional ionic liquids from organometallic cations and cationic chelate complexes. These liquids exhibit unconventional physical properties and chemical reactivities. They respond to external stimuli such as vapors, gases, light, temperatures, and magnetic-fields. We are also preparing organometallic charge-transfer salts and organometallic coordination polymers.
◆"Reversible Transformation between Ionic Liquids and Coordination Polymers by Application of Light and Heat" Y. Funasako, S. Mori, T. Mochida, Chem. Commun., 52, 6277-6279 (2016).
◆"Colorimetric Solvent Indicators Based on Nafion Membrane Incorporating Nickel(II)-Chelate Complexes" H. Hosokawa, Y. Funasako, T. Mochida, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 15014-15020 (2014).
◆"Chemical Control of the Monovalent?Divalent Electron-Transfer Phase Transition in Biferrocenium-TCNQ Salts" T. Mochida, Y. Funasako, K. Takazawa, M. Takahashi, M. M. Matsushita, T. Sugawara, Chem. Commun., 50, 5473-5475 (2014).
◆"A spin-crossover ionic liquid from the cationic iron(III) Schiff base complex" M. Okuhata, Y. Funasako, K. Takahashi, T. Mochida, Chem. Commun., 49, 7662-7664 (2013).