Issue 4, 2011
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Chemical Science

Switchable solvents

Pamela Pollet,ac   Charles A. Eckertabc  and  Charles L. Liotta*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
E-mail: charles.liotta@chemistry.gatech.edu
Fax: +1 4048949085
Tel: +1 4048947070

b School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

c Specialty Separations Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Abstract

Switchable solvents are a unique class of solvents that were developed to facilitate both reaction and subsequent product separation. Their “built-in” separation ability for facile product recovery is paramount to achieving chemical processes that are both economically competitive and environmentally conscious. Two classes of switchable solvents are discussed: 1) piperylene sulfone—a volatile and recycle DMSO substitute and 2) one and two-component reversible ionic liquids—solvent systems that can be switched back and forth between molecular liquids and ionic liquids.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00568A
Article type
Minireview
Submitted
11 Nov 2010
Accepted
14 Jan 2011
First published
15 Feb 2011

Chem. Sci., 2011,2, 609-614

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P. Pollet, C. A. Eckert and C. L. Liotta, Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 609 DOI: 10.1039/C0SC00568A

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