Ionic liquids in catalysis

✍ Scribed by Tom Welton

• Book ID: 104010688
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 250 KB
• Volume: 248
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-8545
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2004.04.015

✦ Synopsis

The current state of the art of the application of ionic liquids in catalysis is reviewed. The review selects examples of the different ways in which ionic liquids have been applied in catalysis, i.e. as the catalyst itself, as a co-catalyst or catalyst activator, as the source of a new ligand for a catalytic metal centre, or just as the solvent for the reaction. Where possible, examples have been selected that elucidate the behavior of the ionic liquids in the process being described.