Synthesis of tri-butyl citrate using acid functionalized ionic liquid as catalyst;

Hydroxyl functionalized ionic liquid 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate([2-hydemim][BF4])was prepared under microwave irradiation via methylimidazolium,chlorohydrin and sodium tetrafluoroborate as materials.

These functionalized ionic liquids possessed strong BrФnsted acidity,and were liquid at room temperature,with promising potential in organic transformation as reaction media and pro.

This review highlights the development of functionalized ionic liquids as alternative solvents in the ap- plication of metal catalyzed reactions,with emphasis on hydrogenation and carbon-carbon coupling reactions.

All the achievements made in this paper have laid a foundation for further study on the tribology research of functionalized ionic liquids.

This paper introduces the preparation of task-specific ionic liquids,summarizes the latest developments of task-specific ionic liquids in food industry,and discusses the developments of task-specific ionic liquids in preparation of raw materials,analysis and purification in food industry,as well as biotechnology.

The application oftask-specific ionic liquids with specific functional groups, which can be used as bothof reagent and medium, but also catalyze special reactions, further enhances theversatility of ionic liquids.

Task-specific ionic liquids can be used for the supports of organic synthesis, catalysis,ion conductive materials,separation of specific metal ions from aqueous solutions and so on.

Synthesis of benzyl propionate under room temperature using Brnsted acid task-specific ionic liquid as catalyst;

A new catalytic system, PdCl_2/TSILs, for catalytic oxidation of styrene to acetophenone with hydrogen peroxide was designed through the combination of PdCl_2 and task-specific ionic liquids (TSILs) of N-carboxyl-appended imidazolium cations with various anions.

The changed reaction mechanism and improved activity and stability of catalyst and high yield were always found in task-specific ionic liquid, which was a bursting branch of ionic liquid.

Herein we describe the functional ionic liquids, which are purely made of functional organic cations and functional inorganic or functional organic anions with unique properties such as wide liquid range, good solvating ability, tunable polarity, high thermal stability, nonvolatility, and so on, is a green catalyst, which can replace traditional ac.

Recently, with the development of ionic liquids, functional ionic liquids endowed with catalytically active groups have been attracted more and more attention due to their unique features, and have been successfully applied to catalyze a number of chemical transformations.

A comprehensive summary is made on the tribological research status of ionic liquids,including the tribological performance study of both general and functional ionic liquids and the research of preparation and tribological behavior of nanoparticles in ionic liquids.

Simple preparation strategy for thiol-functionalized ionic liquid-driven synthesis of single crystalline gold nanoparticle chains at room temperature;