Ionic liquids current trends

Various nonconventional reaction media have been intensively studied in recent years, including water [34], supercritical COj [35], Jluorous hiphasic [36], and ionic liquids [37] alone or in hquid-liquid biphasic combinations. The use of water and supercritical carbon dioxide as reaction media fits with the current trend toward the use of renewable, biomass-based raw materials, which are ultimately derived from carbon dioxide and water. 

As editor of the volume, I hope that this collection of fine articles reflects the current status of this important field of ionic liquids in a timely fashion, while at the same time highlighting possible future trends of the field which started because of a practical advantage and grew to such an important field. I would like to thank Fritz Vogtle and Markus Reiher as well as Tom Welton for their support in compiling this volume. To all the contributing authors I am indebted for providing this volume with such excellent and detailed chapters. 

This book aims to provide the reader with an extensive perspective on trends in the applied field of ionic liquid electrochemistry research. The broad spectrum of currently active topics part of this book provides a good basis for the continuing development of each of these areas. 

Current Trends in Liquid-Liquid Extraction Processes and the Screening of Ionic Liquid Solvents... 

Finally, taking into account the current trends in transition metal-catalyzed organic transformations, it is anticipated that further applications of (ADC)Pd complexes should include, among others, (i) development of mild and efficient systems acting in alternative solvents (e.g., ionic liquids) or under heterogeneous catalytic conditions and (ii) usage of chiral (ADC)Pd complexes for asymmetric catalytic transformations. All these expected fields of applications resemble tiiose where (NHC)Pd catalysts have already demonstrated great benefits. 

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