Exploiting isolobal relationships to create new ionic liquids: novel room-temperature ionic liquids based upon (N-alkylimidazole)(amine)BH2+				“boronium” ions

Phillip A. Fox; Scott T. Griffin; W. Matthew Reichert; E. Alan Salter; Ashley B. Smith; Morgan D. Tickell; Benjamin F. Wicker; Eugene A. Cioffi; James H. Davis, Jr.; Robin D. Rogers; Andrzej Wierzbicki

doi:10.1039/B504631A

Exploiting isolobal relationships to create new ionic liquids: novel room-temperature ionic liquids based upon (N-alkylimidazole)(amine)BH₂⁺ “boronium” ions†

Phillip A. Fox,^a Scott T. Griffin,^b W. Matthew Reichert,^b E. Alan Salter,^a Ashley B. Smith,^a Morgan D. Tickell,^a Benjamin F. Wicker,^a Eugene A. Cioffi,^a James H. Davis, Jr.,*^ab Robin D. Rogers*^b and Andrzej Wierzbicki^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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^b Department of Chemistry and The Center for Green Manufacturing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
E-mail: rdrogers@bama.ua.edu
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Readily prepared imidazole-based boronium ions form stable, hydrophobic, room-temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) with unique electronic and spectroscopic characteristics.

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Exploiting isolobal relationships to create new ionic liquids: novel room-temperature ionic liquids based upon (N-alkylimidazole)(amine)BH₂⁺ “boronium” ions†

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