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 liquids: synthesis and applications in catalysis

R Ratti - Advances in Chemistry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic liquids have emerged as an environmentally friendly alternative to the volatile organic
solvents. Being designer solvents, they can be modulated to suit the reaction conditions …

Quantum chemical methods for the prediction of energetic, physical, and spectroscopic properties of ionic liquids

EI Izgorodina, ZL Seeger, DLA Scarborough… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The accurate prediction of physicochemical properties of condensed systems is a
longstanding goal of theoretical (quantum) chemistry. Ionic liquids comprising entirely of …

Ionic liquids—promising but challenging solvents for homogeneous derivatization of cellulose

M Gericke, P Fardim, T Heinze - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, ionic liquids (ILs) have received enormous interest as solvents for
cellulose. They have been studied intensively for fractionation and biorefining of …

Thermal decomposition of carboxylate ionic liquids: trends and mechanisms

MT Clough, K Geyer, PA Hunt, J Mertes… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The thermal stability of a series of dialkylimidazolium carboxylate ionic liquids has been
investigated using a broad range of experimental and computational techniques. Ionic …

Ionic liquids: not always innocent solvents for cellulose

MT Clough, K Geyer, PA Hunt, S Son, U Vagt… - Green …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The decomposition pathways of a series of carbohydrates dissolved in carboxylate ionic
liquids have been investigated in detail using a broad range of thermal and …

On the origin of ionicity in ionic liquids. Ion pairing versus charge transfer

O Hollóczki, F Malberg, T Welton… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper we show by using static DFT calculations and classical molecular dynamics
simulations that the charge transfer between ionic liquid ions plays a major role in the …

Imidazol(in)ium Hydrogen Carbonates as a Genuine Source of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs): Applications to the Facile Preparation of NHC Metal Complexes …

M Fèvre, J Pinaud, A Leteneur, Y Gnanou… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Anion metathesis of imidazol (in) ium chlorides with KHCO3 afforded an easy one step
access to air stable imidazol (in) ium hydrogen carbonates, denoted as [NHC (H)][HCO3]. In …

Activation of CO 2 by ionic liquid EMIM–BF 4 in the electrochemical system: A theoretical study

Y Wang, M Hatakeyama, K Ogata… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO by an ionic liquid EMIM–BF4 is one of the most
promising CO2 reduction processes proposed so far with its high Faradaic efficiency and …

Proton transfer and polarity changes in ionic liquid–water mixtures: A perspective on hydrogen bonds from ab initio molecular dynamics at the example of 1-ethyl-3 …

M Brehm, H Weber, AS Pensado, A Stark… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate [C2C1Im][OAc] shows a great potential
to dissolve strongly hydrogen bonded materials, related with the presence of a strong …