Issue 35, 2006

Expanding the useful range of ionic liquids: melting point depression of organic salts with carbon dioxide for biphasic catalytic reactions

Abstract

Large and previously unreported melting point depressions (even exceeding ΔTm of 100 °C) were observed for simple ammonium and phosphonium salts in the presence of compressed CO2, bringing them well within the range of typical ionic liquids; possible applications include biphasic catalysis in IL/scCO2 systems as demonstrated for rhodium complex catalyzed hydrogenation, hydroformylation, and hydroboration of 2-vinyl-naphthalene using a CO2-induced molten sample of [NBu4][BF4] as a catalyst phase at temperatures in the range of 55–75 °C, i.e. 100 °C below the normal melting point of the organic salt.

Graphical abstract: Expanding the useful range of ionic liquids: melting point depression of organic salts with carbon dioxide for biphasic catalytic reactions

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 May 2006
Accepted
28 Jun 2006
First published
18 Jul 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 3681-3683

Expanding the useful range of ionic liquids: melting point depression of organic salts with carbon dioxide for biphasic catalytic reactions

A. M. Scurto and W. Leitner, Chem. Commun., 2006, 3681 DOI: 10.1039/B606130C

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