Functional Cellulose Materials Fabricated by Using Ionic Liquids as the Solvent

Cellulose is one of the most abundant natural polymers in the nature, which has many attractive advantages, such as renewability,biodegradability, and biocompatibility. However, due to the strong hydrogen bond network and hierarchical structure, cellulose is extremely difficult to be dissolved and processed. More recently, a class of novel eco-friendly solvents, ionic liquids, have been found to be able to efficiently dissolve cellulose, providing a versatile platform for cellulose processing an...     

Metal Sulfide Nanoparticle Synthesis with Ionic Liquids – State of the Art and Future Perspectives

Metal sulfides are among the most promising materials for a wide variety of technologically relevant applications ranging from energy to environment and beyond. Incidentally, ionic liquids (ILs) have been among the top research subjects for the same applications and also for inorganic materials synthesis. As a result, the exploitation of the peculiar properties of ILs for metal sulfide synthesis could provide attractive new avenues for the generation of new, highly specific metal sulfides for numerous applications. This article therefore describes current developments in metal sulfide nanoparticle synthesis as exemplified by a number of highlight examples. Moreover, the article demonstrates how ILs have been used in metal sulfide synthesis and discusses the benefits of using ILs over more traditional approaches. Finally, the article demonstrates some technological challenges and how ILs could be used to further advance the production and specific property engineering of metal sulfide nanomaterials, again based on a number of selected examples.     

Organic Reactions in Ionic Liquids: Ionic Liquid Promoted Knoevenagel Condensation of Aromatic Aldehydes with (2‐Thio)Barbituric Acid

Abstract

The Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehydes with (2‐thio)barbituric acid proceeded efficiently in reusable ionic liquids, EAN, BmimBF₄, and BmimPF₆ at room temperature in the absence of any catalyst with high yields.     

Organic Reactions in Ionic Liquids： Ionic Liquid-promoted Three-component Condensation of Benzotriazole with Aldehyde and Alcohol

1-(α-Alkoxyalkyl)benzotriazoles are readily synthesized from three-component condensation of benzotriazole with aldehyde and alcohol in ionic liquid [Bmim]PF6.     

Preparation and Characterization of New Type Ionic Liquids

A new type of ionic liquids containing cation of diacetone acrylamide [or N-(1,1-bismethyl-3-oxo-butyl)acrylamide]and anions such as CH3COO^-(Ac),CF3COO^-(TF),BF4^-(BF),PF6^-(PF),HSO4^-(SO) and Cl^-(Cl) were prepared by normal neutralization.The obtained ionic liquids were identified by FT-IR and ^1H NMR spectroscopy.However,their properties such as meliting point,conductivity,viscosity etc,were determined.     

Efficient Esterification of Ferrocenecarboxylic Acid in Ionic Liquids

An efficient esterification of ferrocenecarboxylic acid with substituted phenols has been achieved using DCC / DMAP protocol in ionic liquids. The corresponding esters are produced in high yields.     

Synthesis of Multiester-appended and Multicarboxylic-appended Imidazolium Ionic Liquids

Currently ionic liquids (ILs) are attracting considerable interest as eco-friendly solventsfor the replacement of volatile organic solvents in organic synthesis and catalysis1.Low-melting ILs based on imidazolium cations have dominated this area over the …     

Synthesis and Characterization of Dual Acidic Ionic Liquids

Novel ionic liquids with dual acidity, of which the cation contains Brφnsted acidity and anions contain Lewis acidity were synthesized. These ionic liquids obtained were identified by NMR, FF-IR, SDT and FAB-MS. Their acidities were determined by pyridine probe on IR spectrography.     

Synthesis of 2-Arylimidazo[1, 2-a]pyrimidines in Ionic Liquids

Room temperature ionic liquids were used as a “green“ recyclable alternative to conventional solvents in the synthesis of pharmaceutically useful compounds 2-arylimidazo[1, 2-a]pyrimidines through Tschotschibabin reaction of a-bromoacetophenones with 2-aminopyrimidine in good yields.     

Do We Understand the Recyclability of Ionic Liquids?

Recycling of “green” solvents : Recycling of ionic liquids with high efficiency is of key importance on going from the laboratory‐scale to large‐scale industrial application of these solvents.

     

Probing the Reorganization of Ionic Liquids’ Structure Induced by CO2 Sorption

The sorption of CO₂ is often used to modify the macroscopic properties of liquids and solids. In the particular case of ionic liquids, different from molecular liquids, the sorption of CO₂ may not induce volume expansions due to the strong Coulombic interactions between the ions of the fluid. However, a considerable viscosity decrease has been systematically observed. In order to understand the mechanisms of properties modifications in ionic fluids, herein we used Raman spectroscopy to probe the effect of CO₂ on the structure of ionic liquids. It is shown that CO₂ perturbs the electrostatic interactions between cations and anions, thus inducing a change in the polar domain of ionic liquids. It is observed that ionic liquids having bulkier ions are more prone to be perturbed by CO₂ in comparison to ionic liquids having smaller ions. These results reveal new means of controlling the electrostatic forces between the ions and contributes to the mechanistic understanding of the modification of the macroscopic properties of ionic liquids by CO₂ sorption.     

Improving the Enzyme Catalytic Efficiency Using Ionic Liquids with Kosmotropic Anions

The kosmotropicity of cations and anions in ionic liquids has a strong influence on the enzyme catalytic efficiency in aqueous environments. The kosmotropic anion CF3COO^- seemed to activate the protease, and the chaotropic anions tended to destabilize the enzyme.     

Study on the Surface Property of Surfactant Ionic Liquids Solutions

The surfactant TX-100 can be dissolved in ionic liquid bmimPF6 and decrease the surface tension of 1-buty1-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimPF6) solutions. Here, we confirmed that in this new system, the pure solvents need rearrangement at the air-wate rinterface at the initial stage. The dynamic surface tension (DST) study shows that at the initial adsorption stage, the adsorption model of surfactant accords with the diffusion-controlled adsorption mechanism, and the dilute ionic liquids solutions is further close to the diffusion-controlled adsorption.     

Ionic Liquids: New Perspectives for Inorganic Synthesis?

Ionic liquids are credited with a number of unusual properties. These include a low vapor pressure, a wide liquid‐phase range, weakly coordinating properties, and a high thermal/chemical stability. These properties are certainly of great interest for inorganic synthesis and the creation of novel inorganic compounds. On the other hand, the synthesis repertoire for preparing inorganic compounds has always been broad, ranging from syntheses in solutions and melts to solid‐state reactions, and from crystal growth in the gas phase to high‐pressure syntheses. What new aspects can ionic liquids then add to the synthesis of inorganic compounds? This Minireview uses some early examples to show that the use of ionic liquids indeed provides access to unusual inorganic compounds.     

One-pot Synthesis of Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquids for Friedel-Crafts Alkylation

Lewis acidic ionic liquids have been receiving extensive interest as green substitute for H2SO4, HF and AlCl3 catalysts in chemical processes1. In view of the principles of green chemistry2, ionic liquids themselves are highly expected to be obtained via …     

Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alcohols with Potassium Persulphate in the Presence of Brönsted Acidic Ionic Liquids

An efficient conversion of alcohols to aldehydes was achieved using potassium persulphate and 3-methylimidazolinium methane sulfonate.     

Preparation of Ionic Liquids and Their Application in Hydrogenation of Aromatic Nitriles

On the basis of their characteristic polar nature, phase behavior and lack of vapour pressure, ionic liquids are considered as green solvents and have attracted significant attention as an alternative reaction medium for homogeneous catalysis.[1] However, the "greenness" of typical ionic liquids used in the literature consisted of halogen-containing anions (such as [AlCl4]-, [BF4]- and [PF6]-) was limited in some sense, due to the serious environment concerns if the hydrolysis stability of the anion is poor (e.g. for [AlCl4]-and [PF6]-) or thermal stability of used ionic liquid is undesired. In both cases, the additional effort is needed to avoid the liberation of toxic and corrosive HF or HCl into the environment.     

Nitration of Simple Aromatics with NO2 under Air Atmosphere in the Presence of Novel Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids

Abstract

Aromatics nitrate with NO₂/air catalyzed by novel Brønsted acidic ionic liquids (ILs) without any volatile chlorinated organic solvent under mild conditions. The ILs employed were caprolactam based, [Caprolactam]X (X^?=pTSO^?, BSO^?, BF₄ ^?, NO₃ ^?), which are of relatively lower cost and lower toxicity than traditional imidazolium‐based ILs. The nitration reactions were carried out at ?15 to ?0°C first, then at room temperature for a longer time with a little excessive NO₂ (ca. 1.4 eqv.) for moderate yield (for toluene). The IL could be reused four times.