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Chemical Reactions in Ionic Liquids

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Introduction

Solvents are widely used in chemistry and chemical engineering processes. In recent years, increasing global concerns over environmental pollution and the use of large amount of volatile molecular solvents in chemical industry have inspired scientists and engineers to explore more environmentally benign and greener solvents. In this context, ionic liquids have been widely recognized as promising alternatives to conventional volatile liquid solvents in various chemical reactions, as well as extraction and separation procedures [1]. This is primarily attributed to many unique physiochemical properties associated with ionic liquids, such as nonflammability, high chemical and thermal stability, negligible vapor pressure, high polarity and relatively high electroconductivity, wide electrochemical window, remarkable solvent power for a wide range of organic and inorganic matter and good catalytic activity, etc. Moreover, the physiochemical properties of ionic liquids could be...

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Zhang, Z., Han, B. (2022). Chemical Reactions in Ionic Liquids. In: Zhang, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6739-6_73-1

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