How safe are protic ionic liquids? Explosion of pyrrolidinium nitrate
Abstract
A batch of the protic ionic liquid pyrrolidinium nitrate exploded while drying it under reduced pressure at 110 °C, using a rotary evaporator with an oil bath.
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* Corresponding authors
a
KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Celestijnenlaan 200F, bus 2404, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
E-mail:
Koen.Binnemans@chem.kuleuven.be
b Umicore, Group Research & Development, Competence Area Recycling and Extraction Technologies, Kasteelstraat 7, B-2250 Olen, Belgium
A batch of the protic ionic liquid pyrrolidinium nitrate exploded while drying it under reduced pressure at 110 °C, using a rotary evaporator with an oil bath.
S. Wellens, B. Thijs and K. Binnemans, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 3484 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41328D
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