New Trends of Ionic Liquids Design and Their Applications in Catalysis
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 1819
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2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430064, China
Interests: green chemistry, CO2 capture and utilization (CCU); organometallic catalytic materials (MOFs, MOPs); organic synthesis of fine chemicals and polymers; synthesis and application of perovskite or other organic photoelectric materials
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Dear Colleagues,
As a series of compounds consisting of cations and anions, while existing in the liquid phase whose melting point is below some arbitrary temperature, such as 100 °C (212 °F), ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted extensive attention for their numerous specific properties since they were developed by Paul Walden in 1914. Among numerous properties, their flexible designability and tunability on structures are essential for exhibiting a great potential in catalysis. During the past few decades, ILs were rapidly developed and utilized as green solvents and catalysts. Specifically, the melting points, polarity, affinity, etc., could be precisely controlled by tuning the cations and anions. Meanwhile, the appropriate catalytic sites could also be incorporated to promote the proceedings of the required reactions. In view of catalytic features, a flexible designability and tunability enable reactions involving ILs to be advantageous in both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. For example, the compatibility of reactants and ILs can be adjusted by tuning the structures of ILs, thus creating a homogeneous condition for the catalysis. Once the reactions are completed, the products and ILs can be conveniently separated by extraction or distillation, which benefits from the low vapor pressure and polarity of the designed ILs. Consequently, an ingenious designability and tunability on structures used to create task-specific ILs has become the new trend of ILs development for their applications in catalysis.
Dr. Ye Yuan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ionic liquids
- task-specific designs
- catalytic applications
- green chemistry
- homogeneous catalysis
- heterogeneous catalysis
- synthesis and separation
- new trends in the future
