Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Organic Synthesis and Catalysis
Ionic liquids have the ability to dissolve various compounds and mixtures, both organic and inorganic. This property, together with
non-flammability,
neglible vapour pressure,
chemical and thermal stability and
variable miscibility with other solvents
envisages wide variety of applications, where ionic liquids can be used as solvents. They allow treatment of the material, that was not possible before due to lack of solubility in common solvents. In addition to merely solubilizing the compounds of interest, they have other roles they can take, as for example stabilisation of solutes, catalysis of chemical transformations etc.
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