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Synthesis, anti-microbial activities and anti-electrostatic properties of phosphonium-based ionic liquids
Anna Cieniecka-Rosłonkiewicz,Juliusz Pernak,Joanna Kubis-Feder,Alwar Ramani,Allan James Robertson,Kenneth R. Seddon +5 more
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A range of phosphonium ionic liquids having the generic formula [PR3R′]X (R and R′ are alkyl groups; X is halide, trifluoromethanesulfonate, bis(trifluorsulfonyl)imide, nitrate, dialkylphosphinate, dicyanamide, decanoate, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, or diisobutyldithiophosphinate have been prepared, characterised, and tested for anti-About:
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Environmental fate and toxicity of ionic liquids: a review.
TL;DR: The achievements and current status of environmental risk assessment of ILs are reviewed, and hopefully this article provides insights into this research frontier.
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Ionic Liquids: A Pathway to Environmental Acceptability
Marija Petkovic,Kenneth R. Seddon,Kenneth R. Seddon,Luís Paulo N. Rebelo,Cristina Silva Pereira +4 more
TL;DR: This critical review aims to present an overview of the current understanding of the toxicity and environmental impact of the principal ionic liquid groups, and highlights some emerging concerns.
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Design of sustainable chemical products--the example of ionic liquids.
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Novel biocompatible cholinium-based ionic liquids—toxicity and biodegradability
Marija Petkovic,Jamie L. Ferguson,H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne,Rui Ferreira,Maria C. Leitão,Kenneth R. Seddon,Kenneth R. Seddon,Luís Paulo N. Rebelo,Cristina Silva Pereira +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new group of environmentally friendly ionic liquids are presented, which are designed by combining the benign cholinium cation, [NMe3(CH2CH2OH)]+, with a range of linear alkanoate anions ([CnH2n+1CO2]−, n = 1-9], as well as two structural isomers (n = 3 or 4).
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Effects of different head groups and functionalised side chains on the aquatic toxicity of ionic liquids
Stefan Stolte,Jürgen Arning,Ulrike Bottin-Weber,Anja Müller,William-Robert Pitner,Urs Welz-Biermann,Bernd Jastorff,Johannes Ranke +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of different head groups, functionalised side chains and anions of ionic liquids on the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri, the limnic green algae Scenedesmus vacuolatus and the fresh water plant Lemna minor was investigated.
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Ionic Liquids-New "Solutions" for Transition Metal Catalysis.
Peter Wasserscheid,Wilhelm Keim +1 more
TL;DR: There are indications that switching from a normal organic solvent to an ionic liquid can lead to novel and unusual chemical reactivity, which opens up a wide field for future investigations into this new class of solvents in catalytic applications.
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Hydrophobic, Highly Conductive Ambient-Temperature Molten Salts
Pierre Bonhote,Ana-Paula Dias,Nicholas Papageorgiou,Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram,Michael Grätzel +4 more
TL;DR: New, hydrophobic ionic liquids with low melting points (<−30 °C to ambient temperature) have been synthesized and investigated, based on 1,3-dialkyl imidazolium cations and hydrophilic anions and thus water-soluble.
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Ionic Liquids--Solvents of the Future?
TL;DR: Rogers and Seddon as discussed by the authors reviewed recent progress on developing new ionic liquid solvents for use in chemical synthesis, catalysis, fuel cells, and other applications.
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Characterization and comparison of hydrophilic and hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquids incorporating the imidazolium cation
Jonathan G. Huddleston,Ann E. Visser,W. Matthew Reichert,Heather D. Willauer,Grant A. Broker,Robin D. Rogers +5 more
TL;DR: A series of hydrophilic and hydrophobic 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have been prepared and characterized to determine how water content, density, viscosity, surface tension, melting point, and thermal stability are affected by changes in alkyl chain length and anion.