“…The incorporation of FeCl 4 − ion changed the physicochemical properties of the original IL, e.g., hydrophilic 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BMIMCl) [13] turned into hydrophobic [BMIM]FeCl 4 [8,14]. Moreover, FeCl 4 − brings both strong magnetic response [3,5,15] and high oxidation ability, therefore, nano-sized conducting polymers (CPs) can be prepared [9][10][11] without adding additional oxidant. In addition, FeCl 4 − -containing ionic liquid was also found to be a very efficient catalyst for some organic synthesis processes [7,8,12,16].…”