[HTML][HTML] Ionic liquids toxicity—benefits and threats

J Flieger, M Flieger - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquids (ILs) are solvents with salt structures. Typically, they contain organic cations
(ammonium, imidazolium, pyridinium, piperidinium or pyrrolidinium), and halogen …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Ionic-liquid-mediated extraction and separation processes for bioactive compounds: past, present, and future trends

SPM Ventura, FA e Silva, MV Quental… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been proposed as promising media for the extraction and separation
of bioactive compounds from the most diverse origins. This critical review offers a …

Ionic liquids as tool to improve enzymatic organic synthesis

T Itoh - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have now been acknowledged as reaction media for biotransformations.
The first three examples were reported in this field in 2000, and since then, numerous …

Enhanced extraction of bioactive natural products using tailor-made deep eutectic solvents: application to flavonoid extraction from Flos sophorae

MW Nam, J Zhao, MS Lee, JH Jeong, J Lee - Green Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Green and efficient extraction of natural products from biomass is considered an important
area of interest in the pharmaceutical and biochemical industries. Recently, deep eutectic …

Ionic liquids: Promising compounds for sustainable chemical processes and applications

N Nasirpour, M Mohammadpourfard… - … Engineering Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of ionic liquids (IL) in 1914, there has been a growing interest in this
class of materials, because of their unique properties. Ionic liquids are organic salts, melting …

Progress on the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass employing ionic liquids

P Halder, S Kundu, S Patel, A Setiawan, R Atkin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effective pre-treatment methods are required for the destruction of the complex biomass
structure to economically produce high grade fuels and valuable platform chemicals. Ionic …

Characterization and comparison of hydrophilic and hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquids incorporating the imidazolium cation

JG Huddleston, AE Visser, WM Reichert… - Green chemistry, 2001 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Can deep eutectic solvents be the best alternatives to ionic liquids and organic solvents: A perspective in enzyme catalytic reactions

B Nian, X Li - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
As a new generation of green solvents, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been
considered as a promising alternative to classical organic solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) …

Ionic liquids. Green solvents for the future

MJ Earle, KR Seddon - Pure and applied chemistry, 2000 - degruyter.com
Ionic liquids, being composed entirely of ions, were once mainly of interest to
electrochemists. Recently, however, it has become apparent that, inter alia, their lack of …