Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Binding, Anticancer, and Molecular Docking Studies of Novel Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids with Fluorinated Phenylacetamide Tethers.

Newer imidazolium ionic liquid (IL) halides appending variety of fluorinated phenylacetamide side chains were designed and synthesized through quaternization of 1-methyl and/or 1,2-dimethylimidazole with appropriate 2-chloro--(fluorinatedphenyl)acetamides. The resulting ILs were converted to their respective ionic liquid analogues carrying fluorinated counteranions (PF , BF , and/or CFCOO) . All newly synthesized ILs were fully characterized using several spectroscopic experiments such as H, C, B, F, P NMR, and mass analysis.