Ionic liquids (ILs) are shown to display anti-microbial activity with the activities being greatly affected by alkyl chain lengths. Shorter substituents on the cation result in a lack of activity against cocci, rods and fungi. ILs containing 10, 11, 12 and 14 carbon atoms in an alkoxy group show very high anti-microbial activities. The use of microorganisms in the IL require consideration of their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values.
J. Pernak, K. Sobaszkiewicz and I. Mirska, Green Chem., 2003, 5, 52 DOI: 10.1039/B207543C
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