Water effect on physicochemical properties of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids with inorganic anions

Growth inhibition and oxidative stress induced by 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide on the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum

“…With increasing development of green chemistry, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained more attention due to their excellent properties, such as very low vapor pressure, high solvency ability, high thermal stability and density, and large electrical conductivity (Freire et al, 2007;Grishina et al, 2013). Recently, ILs have been applied in many existing biological and chemical reactions to replace volatile organic solvents (Grishina et al, 2013;Deng et al, 2015).…”

Physiological response of the green microalgae Dunaliella tertiolecta against imidazolium ionic liquids [bmim][BF4] and/or [omim][BF4]: the role of salinity on the observed effects

“…In fact, the growing interest for their use in a wide range of applications, such as alternative solvents, organic synthesis, catalytic processes, polymerization reactions, low temperature extractions, electrochemical processes, and devices (Grishina et al 2013;Wasserscheid and Keim 2000), has raised great concerns about their potential environmental hazards.…”

“…ILs are characterized by unique properties, such as high solvency ability for both organic and inorganic compounds, high thermal stability and density, and large electrical conductivity (Freire et al 2007;Grishina et al 2013). However, despite the fact that ILs have low vapor pressure at room temperature and were believed to be less toxic than conventional solvents, recently published studies have mentioned that certain ILs are able to cause significant adverse environmental effects, posing thus toxicological risk to nontarget organisms, such as algae (Kulacki and Lamberti 2008;Latała et al 2009;Ma et al 2010;Matzke et al 2007;Pham et al 2008).…”

Olefin / Paraffin separation using Task-Specific Materials based on Ionic Liquids

“…[5][6][7] The mutual solubility of n-hexane with a wide range of ILs appears to be lower than that of 1-hexene. [8,9] This is not surprising as in general ILs are considered to be immiscible with paraffins, although there are exceptions particularly when the alkyl chain lengths on the cation (or anion) are large.…”