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Instantaneous dissolution of cellulose in organic electrolyte solutions
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Herein a novel class of solvent systems for cellulose is introduced, which contain just a small molar fraction of ionic liquid, and dissolve instantaneously large amounts of cellulose.About:
This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2011-01-07. It has received 291 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cellulose & Dissolution.read more
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Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids
TL;DR: In this article, the application of ionic liquids to the deconstruction and fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass, in a process step that is commonly called pretreatment, is discussed.
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New natural and renewable low transition temperature mixtures (LTTMs): screening as solvents for lignocellulosic biomass processing
TL;DR: In this article, new natural and biorenewable solvents are prepared in this work consisting of high melting temperature starting materials that form low transition temperature mixtures (LTTMs).
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Ionic liquid-based green processes for energy production
TL;DR: The role of ILs as catalysts, solvents, or electrolytes in three broadly interesting energy production processes from renewable resources, such as CO2 conversion to fuels and fuel additives, biomass pretreatment and conversion to biofuels, as well as solar energy and energy storage is emphasised.
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Isosorbide as a Renewable Platform chemical for Versatile Applications—Quo Vadis?
TL;DR: This Minireview deals with all aspects of isosorbide chemistry, which includes its production by catalytic processes, special properties, and chemical transformations for its utilization in biogenic polymers and other applications of interest.
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Ionic liquids--promising but challenging solvents for homogeneous derivatization of cellulose.
TL;DR: A critical analysis reveals that promising features of ionic liquids are combined with serious drawbacks that need to be addressed in order to utilize ILs for the efficient synthesis of cellulose derivatives.
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Solvatochromic Dyes as Solvent Polarity Indicators
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Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that cellulose can be dissolved without activation or pretreatment in, and regenerated from, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and other hydrophilic ionic liquids.
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Linear solvation energy relationships. 23. A comprehensive collection of the solvatochromic parameters, .pi.*, .alpha., and .beta., and some methods for simplifying the generalized solvatochromic equation
TL;DR: In this article, a table of donnees (pour de nombreux solvants) des valeurs des parametres M*, α and β donnant respectivement la polarisabilite du solvant, son pouvoir de donneur de proton, and d'accepteur de protons dans les liaisons hydrogene solute-solvant