Ionic liquids: perspectives for organic and catalytic reactions

Effect of immobilization of titanocene catalyst in aralkyl imidazolium chloroaluminate media on performance of biphasic ethylene polymerization and polyethylene properties

“…Promising possibility to immobilize organometallic catalysts in a separate phase create ionic liquids, which have recently attracted attention as an environment friendly, reusable media for organic synthesis, and thus becoming an alternative to common solvents [11,13,14]. A unique feature of the ionic liquids is the possibility to design their chemical and physical properties for specific applications through the choice of the cation and anion.…”

“…A unique feature of the ionic liquids is the possibility to design their chemical and physical properties for specific applications through the choice of the cation and anion. This makes it possible to control, for example, melting temperature, density, viscosity and miscibility with other solvents [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Fine tuning of the properties can also be performed by changing the substituents at the ionic liquid cation [13,14,18].…”

“…This makes it possible to control, for example, melting temperature, density, viscosity and miscibility with other solvents [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Fine tuning of the properties can also be performed by changing the substituents at the ionic liquid cation [13,14,18]. Recently, task-specific ionic liquids, which contain various functional groups in the cation side chain, have attracted considerable interest [14,[20][21][22].…”

Reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids with isocyanates using ionic liquids as novel and efficient media

“…Fascinating features of these liquids are their ability to solvate a broad range of both inorganic and organic materials, low vapor pressure, recyclability, high thermal stability and ease of handling. 9 In addition, another interesting aspect is the possibility to alter their physical and chemical properties by varying their structures with esteem to the choice of organic cations and anions, and side-chains attached to the organic cation. Thus, ILs have been described as 'designer solvents'.…”

“…All of these properties make these systems very good candidates for use in developing environmentally benign chemical processes, and actually, nowadays, ILs are extensively diffused as greener alternatives to classical volatile organic solvents in chemical transformations. 9 Particularly ILs based on 1,3-dialkylimidazolium cation have been extensively applied for organic and inorganic synthesis. Moreover, ILs are straightforward as they are easily prepared and easy to recycle.…”