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Contents Vol 68(6)

Nitrogen-Containing Ionic Liquids: Biodegradation Studies and Utility in Base-Mediated Reactions

Leigh Ford A D , Kai E. O. Ylijoki B , M. Teresa Garcia C , Robert D. Singer B and Peter J. Scammells A D
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A Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.

B Atlantic Centre for Green Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada.

C Department of Surfactant Technology, IQAC-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Spain.

D Corresponding authors. Email: leigh.ford@monash.edu; peter.scammells@monash.edu

Australian Journal of Chemistry 68(6) 849-857 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH14499
Submitted: 8 August 2014  Accepted: 3 October 2014   Published: 8 December 2014

Abstract

Several ionic liquids (ILs) were prepared in order to study the susceptibility of various cores and substituents to biodegradability using the ‘CO2 headspace’ test (ISO 14593). Several of the ILs contained tertiary amine substituents and were tested as solvents and reagents for several base mediated processes including Suzuki–Miyaura, Sonogashira, Knoevenagel, and Morita–Baylis–Hilman reactions. It was found that although these ILs contain basic functionality, they do not promote base mediated reactions. Density functional theory molecular calculations confirmed that the protonation of these ILs is energetically unfavourable.


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