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The solvent concept for nonaqueous solvents works exactly like the Arrhenius theory does for aqueous solutions. Autoionization and typical neutralization reactions can be shown as follows for several solvents. For liquid S02,... 

Ionic liquids are often considered as promising solvents for clean processes and green chemistry mainly due to their non-volatile character [1,2]. These two catchwords represent current efforts to drastically reduce the amounts of side and coupling products, as well as the solvent and catalyst consumption in chemical processes. As another green solvent concept for chemical reactions the replacement of volatile organic solvents by supercritical CO2 (scCOz) is frequently discussed [3]. 

For commercial ionic liquid synthesis, quality is a key factor. FFowever, since availability and price are other important criteria for the acceptance of this new solvent concept, the scaling-up of ionic liquid production is a major research interest too. 

However, ionic liquids and SCCO2 are not competing concepts for the same applications. While ionic liquids can be considered as alternatives for polar organic solvents, the use of SCCO2 can cover those applications in which non-polar solvents are usually used. 

Recent development of the use of reversed micelles (aqueous surfactant aggregates in organic solvents) to solubilize significant quantities of nonpolar materials within their polar cores can be exploited in the development of new concepts for the continuous selective concentration and recovery of heavy metal ions from dilute aqueous streams. The ability of reversed micelle solutions to extract proteins and amino acids selectively from aqueous media has been recently demonstrated the results indicate that strong electrostatic interactions are the primary basis for selectivity. The high charge-to-surface ratio of the valuable heavy metal ions suggests that they too should be extractable from dilute aqueous solutions. 

Hilterhaus, L., Thum, O. and Liese, A. (2008) Reactor concept for lipase-catalyzed solvent-free conversion of highly viscous reactants forming two-phase systems. Organic Process Research Development, 12, 618-625. 

According to the Arrhenius theory of acids and bases, the acidic species in water is the solvated proton (which we write as H30+). This shows that the acidic species is the cation characteristic of the solvent. In water, the basic species is the anion characteristic of the solvent, OH-. By extending the Arrhenius definitions of acid and base to liquid ammonia, it becomes apparent from Eq. (10.3) that the acidic species is NH4+ and the basic species is Nl I,. It is apparent that any substance that leads to an increase in the concentration of NH4+ is an acid in liquid ammonia. A substance that leads to an increase in concentration of NH2- is a base in liquid ammonia. For other solvents, autoionization (if it occurs) leads to different ions, but in each case presumed ionization leads to a cation and an anion. Generalization of the nature of the acidic and basic species leads to the idea that in a solvent, the cation characteristic of the solvent is the acidic species and the anion characteristic of the solvent is the basic species. This is known as the solvent concept. Neutralization can be considered as the reaction of the cation and anion from the solvent. For example, the cation and anion react to produce unionized solvent ... 

Although it is not necessary for autoionization to occur, the solvent concept shows that the cation characteristic of the solvent is the acidic species and the anion is the basic species. Therefore, when... 

Like dissolves like is the basic concept for the selection of solvents in the eluent for liquid chromatography. Controlling the solubility of analytes is the key to success. If the selected solvent or mixture of solvents does not interfere with detection, it is a good eluent. The selection of a suitable solvent for low-wavelength absorption detection and post-column derivatization detection is important to obtain highly sensitive detection. The selection of a volatile solvent is the key for preparative-scale liquid chromatography and for mass spectro-metric detection. 

For a long time a proven concept for product separation following chemical reactions has been to cool down the homogeneous reaction mixture and allow the product to crystallize or solidify. Very often also the educts of the reaction are not soluble at lower temperature. Appropriate choice of the solvent for the reactions is the prerequisite for the success of that operation. Chemists developing procedures for production acquire a lot of expertise selecting the optimal solvent for a chemical reaction which should enable both optimal reaction conditions and the opportunity to separate the product in a clean form. 

The second part deals with applications of solvent extraction in industry, and begins with a general chapter (Chapter 7) that involves both equipment, flowsheet development, economic factors, and environmental aspects. Chapter 8 is concerned with fundamental engineering concepts for multistage extraction. Chapter 9 describes contactor design. It is followed by the industrial extraction of organic and biochemical compounds for purification and pharmaceutical uses (Chapter 10), recovery of metals for industrial production (Chapter 11), applications in the nuclear fuel cycle (Chapter 12), and recycling or waste treatment (Chapter 14). Analytical applications are briefly summarized in Chapter 13. The last chapters, Chapters 15 and 16, describe some newer developments in which the principle of solvent extraction has or may come into use, and theoretical developments. 

Extensive literature has developed related to the preferential interaction of different solvents with proteins or peptides in bulk solution.156-5X1 Similar concepts can be incorporated into descriptions of the RPC behavior of peptides and employed as part of the selection criteria for optimizing the separation of a particular peptide mixture. As noted previously, the dependency of the equilibrium association constant, /CassoCji, of a peptide and the concentration of the solvent required for desorption in RPC can be empirically described1441 in terms of nonmechanistic, stoichiometric solvent displacement or preferential hydration models, whereby the mass distribution of a peptide P, with n nonpolar ligands, each of which is solvated with solvent molecules Da is given by the following ... 

SMART (Solvent Measurement, Assessment, and Revamping Tool) is a software program that allows assessment of solvents used for batch processing based on both empirical data and property estimation methods (Modi et al., 1996). This system includes a new conjugation based method for the estimation of reaction rates in solution, which is based on the concept that the absolute reaction rate coefficient can be obtained from a function dependent on the change in molecular charge distribution between reactants and activated complex (Sherman et al., 1998). Table 9.2 provides a list of solvent substitution resources available on the World Wide Web. 

In the following sub-chapters two selected examples will be presented to illustrate general concepts for transition metal catalysis in ionic liquids. In both examples the role of the ionic liquid is different being alternatively used mainly in its function as ligand precursor or selective extraction solvent respectively. 

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