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Environmental Impact of Ionic Liquids: Recent Advances in (Eco)toxicology and (Bio)degradability
Author(s) -
Costa Susana P. F.,
Azevedo Ana M. O.,
Pinto Paula C. A. G.,
Saraiva M. Lúcia M. F. S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201700261
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , biochemical engineering , abiotic component , environmental science , safer , nanotechnology , environmental chemistry , computer science , chemistry , materials science , engineering , biology , ecology , organic chemistry , catalysis , computer security
This Review aims to integrate the most recent and pertinent data available on the (bio)degradability and toxicity of ionic liquids for global and critical analysis and on the conscious use of these compounds on a large scale thereafter. The integrated data will enable focus on the recognition of toxicophores and on the way the community has been dealing with them, with the aim to obtain greener and safer ionic liquids. Also, an update of the most recent biotic and abiotic methods developed to overcome some of these challenging issues will be presented. The review structure aims to present a potential sequence of events that can occur upon discharging ionic liquids into the environment and the potential long‐term consequences.