Systematic variation in the bimolecular rate constant, k(q), for the reaction of singlet oxygen and 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene has led to estimates of the Hildebrand solubility parameter, cohesive pressures and internal energies of vaporisation of some room temperature ionic liquids.

The bimolecular rate constant for solvent displacement, k(2), from [(C(6)H(6))Cr(CO)(2)Solv] by an incoming ligand has been determined in the room temperature ionic liquid, [bmim][PF(6)], and is compared to that for the same process in cyclohexane and dichloroethane.