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DOI: 10.1039/A805599H (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1998, 2097-2098

Friedel–Crafts reactions in room temperature ionic liquids

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Martyn J. Earle, Kenneth R. Seddon, Christopher J. Adams and Glyn Roberts

Abstract

Friedel–Crafts reactions in the ionic liquid system 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chloride–aluminium(III) chloride can be performed with excellent yields and selectivities, and in the case of anthracene, have been found to be reversible.

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