Ionic liquids: a brief history

T Welton - Biophysical reviews, 2018 - Springer
There is no doubt that ionic liquids have become a major subject of study for modern
chemistry. We have become used to ever more publications in the field each year, although …

Stability of ionic liquids in Brønsted-basic media

S Raiguel, W Dehaen, K Binnemans - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids are generally recognized as highly stable compounds with high thermal
decomposition temperatures and wide electrochemical windows. While the former claim has …

Glycolysis of PET using 1, 3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate as an organocatalyst

L Wang, GA Nelson, J Toland… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of 1, 3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate as an organocatalyst for the glycolysis of
waste PET, poly (ethylene terephthalate), is reported for the first time. Postconsumer PET …

A facile alternative strategy of upcycling mixed plastic waste into vitrimers

KWJ Ng, JSK Lim, N Gupta, BX Dong, CP Hu… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemical depolymerization has been identified as a promising approach towards recycling
of plastic waste. However, complete depolymerization may be energy intensive with …

NHC in imidazolium acetate ionic liquids: Actual or potential presence?

I Chiarotto, L Mattiello, F Pandolfi, D Rocco… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are considered in the majority of cases green solvents, due to their virtually
null vapor pressure and to the easiness in recycling them. In particular, imidazolium ILs are …

Electrochemical and Chemical Reactivities of Titanium Oxide-Based Materials with a Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Aluminum Batteries

M Sorriaux, S Kang, KG Reeves… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
By selecting three different types of electrode materials, we intended to better understand
the Al3+ intercalation chemistry of titanium oxide-based frameworks with an acidic …

A kinetics study of copper-catalysed click reactions in ionic liquids

D Sloboda, CC Weber, E Bakis - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper (I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions are of extensive interest
in chemical synthesis. While the use of ionic liquids (ILs) as solvents for synthesis has been …

Thermally regulated molybdate-based ionic liquids toward molecular oxygen activation for one-pot oxidative cascade catalysis

Z Song, W Huang, Y Zhou, ZQ Tian, ZM Li, DJ Tao - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One-pot oxidative cascade catalysis plays a central role in the synthesis of key
pharmaceutical and industrial molecules. Although ionic liquids are one of the most …

Oxidative NHC catalysis for base-free synthesis of benzoxazinones and benzoazoles by thermal activated NHCs precursor ionic liquid catalyst using air as oxidant

Y Zhou, W Liu, Y Liu, J Guan, J Yan, JJ Yuan, DJ Tao… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
A reusable thermal activated NHC precursor ionic liquid catalyst ([BMIm] 2 [WO 4]) has been
prepared and developed for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles such as …

[HTML][HTML] Physics-based, neural network force fields for reactive molecular dynamics: Investigation of carbene formation from [EMIM+][OAc−]

JP Stoppelman, JG McDaniel - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Reactive molecular dynamics simulations enable a detailed understanding of solvent effects
on chemical reaction mechanisms and reaction rates. While classical molecular dynamics …