Grantee Research Project Results
2005 Progress Report: Solvent Properties of Ionic Liquids: Enabling the Assessment of Ionic Liquids for Clean, Environmentally Benign Technologies
EPA Grant Number: R831432Title: Solvent Properties of Ionic Liquids: Enabling the Assessment of Ionic Liquids for Clean, Environmentally Benign Technologies
Investigators: Rogers, Robin D. , Holbrey, John D.
Institution: The University of Alabama
EPA Project Officer: Richards, April
Project Period: December 22, 2003 through December 21, 2006
Project Period Covered by this Report: December 22, 2004 through December 21, 2005
Project Amount: $325,000
RFA: Technology for a Sustainable Environment (2003) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Objective:
The objective of this research is to develop a fundamental and comparative understanding of classes of ionic liquids (ILs) to enable the viable assessment of their utilization in new, environmentally responsible technologies and thus overcome a major barrier to implementation. Thus, the overall goal of this research is to develop and characterize structure-property relationships and elaborate the classification of ILs as solvents to compare and contrast different ILs, to benchmark performance and to discover new applications and uses of ILs. The tasks being undertaken to achieve the objectives are: (1) development of a screening protocol to rapidly study and evaluate all current, new, and emerging commercial ILs; (2) assessment of solute partitioning in IL-organic two-phase systems using Linear Free Energy Relationship analysis to develop ranking and categorization of ILs by solvent characteristics and utility in specific applications; (3) benchmarking of the performance of different, representative ILs, identified using the screening studies above, to provide a set of representative ILs for evaluation; (4) application of clean syntheses of ILs to expand the range of materials for evaluation; and (5) provision of know-how to teach about ILs and their place within the paradigm of Green Chemistry.
Progress Summary:
The first toxicity studies appeared relating some design criteria for the synthesis of new ILs. Successful application of ILs was demonstrated for the processing of biomolecule and natural and synthetic polymers. Solid state studies revealed clues to IL behavior and a new delivery vehicle for ILs (gels) was studied. Anion and cation substitution or modification continued to be a major focus of the work.
Future Activities:
The basic structure of potential IL salts will be related to specific processes in which they may be utilized as solvents to further characterize their utility in real world application as green solvents. This will be accomplished through solid state characterization of IL salts and directly compared to solvent parameters empirically derived through portioning experiments. The focus will be on the interionic interactions responsible for observed behavior.
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Fox PA, Griffin ST, Reichert WM, Salter EA, Smith AB, Tickell MD, Wicker BF, Cioffi EA, Davis JH, Rogers RD, Wierzbicki A. Exploiting isolobal relationships to create new ionic liquids:novel room-temperature ionic liquids based upon (N-alkylimidazole)(amine)BH2+ “boronium” ions. Chemical Communications 2005;(29):3679-3681. |
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Klingshirn MA, Rogers RD, Shaughnessy KH. Palladium-catalyzed hydroesterification of styrene derivatives in the presence of ionic liquids. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005;690(15):3620-3626. |
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Klingshirn MA, Spear SK, Holbrey JD, Rogers RD. Ionic liquids as solvent and solvent additives for the synthesis of sol–gel materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2005;15(48):5174-5180. |
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Moulthrop JS, Swatloski RP, Moyna G, Rogers RD. High-resolution 13C NMR studies of cellulose and cellulose oligomers in ionic liquid solutions. Chemical Communications 2005;(12):1557-1559. |
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P'Pool SJ, Klingshirn MA, Rogers RD, Shaughnessy KH. Kinetic study of the oxidative addition of methyl iodide to Vaska's complex in ionic liquids. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005;690(15):3522-3528. |
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Sliger MD, P’Pool SJ, Traylor RK, McNeill III J, Young SH, Hoffman NW, Klingshirn MA, Rogers RD, Shaughnessy KH. Promoting effect of ionic liquids on ligand substitution reactions. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005;690(15):3540-3545. |
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Turner MB, Spear SK, Holbrey JD, Daly DT, Rogers RD. Ionic liquid-reconstituted cellulose composites as solid support matrices for biocatalyst immobilization. Biomacromolecules 2005;6(5):2497-2502. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
room temperature ionic liquids, physical properties, imidazolium salts, separation science, partitioning, VOC, pollution prevention, alternative solvents, green chemistry,, Sustainable Industry/Business, RFA, Scientific Discipline, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, POLLUTION PREVENTION, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Environment, Environmental Chemistry, waste reduction, Chemicals Management, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Environmental Engineering, clean technology, source reduction, toxicity, benchmark performance, solvent substitutes, solvents, ionic liquids, cleaner production, green process systems, industrial separators, pollution prevention for industrial residuals, industrial innovations, industrial process, innovative technology, environmentally benign solvents, linear solvent free energy relationshipsRelevant Websites:
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Progress and Final Reports:
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