Environmentally Friendly Syntheses Using Ionic Liquids

Increased environmental consciousness within the scientific community has spurred the search for environmentally friendly processes as alternatives to conventional organic solvents. In the past two decades, numerous advances-including the use of ionic liquids-have made it possible to develop substitutes for some toxic solvents. Ionic liquids are wi

Jairton Dupont is a professor of chemistry and researcher in the Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. Dupont obtained a PhD in organometallic chemistry from the Universite Louis Pasteur. Toshiyuki Itoh is a professor of chemistry at Tottori University. He received his PhD degree from The University of Tokyo. Pedro Lozano is vice dean and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Murcia. He obtained an MS and PhD in chemistry from the University of Murcia. Sanjay V. Malhotra is the head of the Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry at the Frederic National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Dr. Malhotra obtained his PhD from Seton Hall University.

Introduction. Organic Synthesis Using an Ionic Liquid as a Reaction Medium. Biocatalysis in Ionic Liquids. Deep Eutectic Solvents: Promising Solvents and Nonsolvent Solutions for Biocatalysis. Synthesis and Applications of Ionic Liquids as Pharmaceutical Materials. Ionic Liquids as Versatile Media for Chemical Reactions.