Ionothermal synthesis and crystal structures of metal phosphate chains

Effects of ionic liquid media on the cation selectivity of uranyl structural units in five new compounds produced using the ionothermal technique

“…14 This ability is commonly reported for both zeolite frameworks and polyoxometallate cages. [6][7][8][11][12][13][14][15] The ability to tune ionic liquids for desired solution properties results in a great variety of templating agents for use in synthesis reactions.…”

“…However, several techniques have been reported that utilize non-aqueous solvents or solid-state methods to isolate uranyl compounds with unique chemical and/or structural properties. [2][3][4][5] The use of ionic liquid media for the design of novel compounds suited for unique structural, physical, or chemical studies has been described for several broad chemical families including molecular sieves, [6][7][8] metal-organic frameworks, 9,10 and polyoxometallates. [11][12][13] The use of roomtemperature ionic liquids is advantageous due to their ability to behave both as a solvent and as a templating agent, their low vapor pressure, and their exceptional tunability for a desired set of solvation properties through systematic variation of cation and anion pairing.…”

Ionic liquids as crystallisation media for inorganic materials

“…48a In addition, Wragg and Morris et al prepared aluminium and gallium phosphate chains by ionothermal reactions. 49 The use of zinc acetate improved the crystallinity of the products when [EMIM]Br was used as IL. However, the zinc acetate was not incorporated into the structure in contrast to the organic cation of the IL.…”

Flexibility of the imidazolium based ionic liquids/water system for the synthesis of siliceous 10-ring containing microporous frameworks

“…Further details regarding the zeolite structures corresponding to the three letter codes can be found on the website for the International Zeolite Association (IZA) [8]. More recently, these compounds have also been used in pure form as combined solvent/template in what has been termed ionic liquid (IL)-based 'ionothermal synthesis' conditions to produce pure microporous aluminophosphates, layered metal phosphates, metal organic frameworks and zeolites [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Furthermore, the IL approach has also been successfully utilized as a medium for microwave transfer to crystallize purely siliceous zeolites from dried gel precursors [20].…”