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Ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) is a typical protic ionic liquid (PIL) known for a long time. In order to investigate acid–base reaction mechanisms in PIL, thermodynamic quantities of a reaction, which corresponds to autoprotolysis in amphoteric solvents, has been determined in neat EAN. Unlike H3O+ and OH− in water, proton donor and acceptor species in EAN are both neutral; this makes acid–base reaction mechanisms in EAN distinct from that in water. EAN–water mixtures have also been studied.
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Kanzaki et al. (2010) studied this question.
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