Basic ionic liquids
AssigneeThe Queen's University of Belfast
InventorsMartyn J. Earl, Kenneth R. Seddon, Stewart Forsyth, Ute Frohlich, Nimal Gunaratne, Suhas Katdare
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Abstract
Use of ionic liquids as solvents in base-catalysed chemical reactions wherein the ionic liquid is composed of at least one species of cation and at least one species of anion, characterized in that a cation of the ionic liquid comprises a positively charge moiety and a basic moiety, and further wherein such ionic liquids may be used as promoters or catalysts for the chemical reactions.
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A method of performing a base-catalyzed chemical reaction, comprising performing the base-catalyzed chemical reaction in the presence of an ionic liquid that is both a solvent and a catalyst for the base-catalyzed chemical reaction, wherein the ionic liquid comprises at least one species of cation and at least one species of anion, the cation of the ionic liquid comprising (i) a positively charged moiety and (ii) a basic moiety.
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