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A Mini-Review on Greenness of Ionic Liquids

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: Ionic liquids (ILs) have been considered as "green solvents" in many published works.However, recent research on their eco-toxicity and degradability has proven that some ILs are not as "green" as expected.In this review, the greenness of ILs was discussed in terms of their synthesis, eco-toxicity and degradability and their applications.Greenness of ILs depends not only on themselves but also on their synthesis and specific applications.For a chemical process where the IL is employed, its greenness should be assessed using the life cycle analysis method and compared with other alternative processes.The green process is much more important than the IL itself with respect to green chemistry, and more research should be made to improve the greenness of process employing ILs.

Source: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Authors: Shengdong Zhu, R. Chen, Yuanxin Wu, Q. Chen, X. Zhang, Ziquan Yu

Institutions: Wuhan Institute of Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology

Language: English

Topic: Ionic liquids properties and applications

Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

Funders: Hubei Provincial Department of Education, Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

OpenAlex ID: W1827337943

FWCI: 0.512

Cites: 3

Cited by: 84

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