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Sukardi SK, Zhang J, Burgar I, Home MD, HoUenkamp AF, MacFarlane DR, Bond AM (2008) Prospects for a widely applicable reference potential scale in ionic liquids based on ideal reversible reduction of the cobaltocenium cation. Electrochem Commun 10 250-254... 

Enzyme Catalysis in Ionic Liquid—Based Reverse Micelles I 531... 

Enzyme Catalysis in Ionic Liquid-Based Reverse Micelles I 533... 

Many ionic liquids are based on N,N-dialkylimidazolium cations (BMI) which form salts that exist as liquids at, or below, room temperature. Their properties are also influenced by the nature of the anion e. g. BF T PFg. The C-2(H) in imidazole is fairly labile but the C-4(H) and the C-5(H) are less so. Under microwave-enhanced conditions it is therefore possible to introduce three deuterium atoms (Scheme 13.4). As hydrogen isotope exchange is a reversible reaction this means that the three deuterium atoms can be readily exchanged under microwave irradiation. For storage purpose it might be best to back-exchange the C-2(D) so that the 4,5-[2H2] isotopomer can be safely stored as the solid without any dangers of deuterium loss. The recently... 

Abbott et al. studied the deposition of zinc from a 1 2 choline chloride (ChCl) ZnCl2 ionic liquid [109] at 60°C and found deposits with a similar morphology to that shown by Sun. The optimum current density was found to be between 2 and 5 Am 2 and higher current densities led to powdery, non-adherent deposits. This is due primarily to the high viscosity and low conductivity of the choline-based liquids. The current plating efficiency in this liquid was found to be effectively 100% and the deposition process was shown to be almost totally reversible, with only the UPD material remaining on the surface. 

The effect of hydrogen bonding on allylic alkylation was studied in the base-free reaction of phenylallyl carbonate with dimethyl malonate.1 31,1321 While the reaction proceeds rapidly in THF in the presence of four equivalents of PPh3, it is very sluggish in [C4Ciim][BF4], The reaction in THF was significantly inhibited when small quantities of the ionic liquid were added. Only with excess external base did the reaction proceed in a comparable rate in the ionic liquid. It was shown that the oxidative addition of allylic acetate to Pd(0) is reversible and in THF the resulting acetate anion... 

Upon treating certain (but not all) aromatic aldehydes or glyoxals (a-keto aldehydes) with cyanide ion (CN ), benzoins (a-hydroxy-ketones or acyloins) are produced in a reaction called the benzoin condensation. The reverse process is called the retro-benzoin condensation, and it is frequently used for the preparation of ketones. The condensation involves the addition of one molecule of aldehyde to the C=0 group of another. One of the aldehydes serves as the donor and the other serves as the acceptor. Some aldehydes can only be donors (e.g. p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde) or acceptors, so they are not able to self-condense, while other aldehydes (benzaldehyde) can perform both functions and are capable of self-condensation. Certain thiazolium salts can also catalyze the reaction in the presence of a mild base. This version of the benzoin condensation is more synthetically useful than the original procedure because it works with enolizable and non-enolizable aldehydes and asymmetric catalysts may be used. Aliphatic aldehydes can also be used and mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes give mixed benzoins. Recently, it was also shown that thiazolium-ion based organic ionic liquids (Oils) promote the benzoin condensation in the presence of small amounts of triethylamine. The stereoselective synthesis of benzoins has been achieved using chiral thiazolium salts as catalysts. 

This technique, in its most popular application, is a modification of reversed phase liquid-solid chromatography. It is based entirely on concentration equilibrium and can be used to separate highly polar materials with a nonpolar surface. A counter ion to the ion desired to be separated is added to the mobile phase along with a buffer to maintain ionic strength and pH. A "paired ion" is formed that is neutral and can be separated from other similar compounds by a normal reversed phase column. A diagram of how this is done is shown in Figure 19-6. 

Sodium and lithium Both sodium [15] and lithium [16] electrodeposition was successful in neutral chloroaluminate ionic liquids that contained protons. These elements are interesting for Na- or Li-based secondary batteries, where the metals would serve directly as the anode material. The electrodeposition is not possible in basic or acidic chloroaluminates, only proton-rich NaQ or LiQ buffered neutral chloroaluminate liquids were feasible. The protons enlarged the electrochemical window towards the cathodic regime so that the alkali metal electrodeposition became possible. For Na the proton source was dissolved HQ that was introduced via the gas phase or via 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen dichloride. Triethanolamine hydrogen dichloride was employed as the proton source for Li electrodeposition. For both alkali metals, reversible deposition and stripping were reported on tungsten and stainless steel substrates, respectively. 

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