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On the Noninnocent Nature of 1,3‐Dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids
Author(s) -
Dupont Jairton,
Spencer John
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460431
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , hexafluorophosphate , inert , chemistry , decomposition , catalysis , inert gas , ionic bonding , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , ion , engineering
Presumed innocent , room‐temperature ionic liquids are clean, often reusable, media for carrying out many synthetic, catalytic, separation, and analytical processes. However, they are not simply inert solvents, and a variety of decomposition pathways have been detected. In the structure of 1‐ n ‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate shown, reactive bonds are marked with arrows (C grey, N blue, F green, P red).