Physico-chemical Properties of Binary and Ternary Mixtures of Ethyl Acetate plus Ethanol+1-Butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide at 298.15 K and Atmospheric Pressure

Densities, viscosities and refractive indices have been measured at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure for binary and ternary mixtures of ethanol, ethyl acetate and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide [C(4)mim][NTF2]. From these experimental properties, the corresponding excess properties have been calculated and adequately fitted with the Redlich-Kister polynomial equation. The adjustable parameters and standard deviations between experimental and calculated values are reported. Interest of this mixture is due to the possibility of using [C(4)mim][NTF2] as an entrainer in the extractive distillation of ethanol + ethyl acetate. These results are compared with previously determined experimental data for mixtures of ethyl acetate and/or ethanol with the ionic liquid 1-octyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [C(8)mim][NTF2].