| Literature DB >> 11982358 |
Richard P Swatloski1, Scott K Spear, John D Holbrey, Robin D Rogers.
Abstract
We report here initial results that demonstrate that cellulose can be dissolved without activation or pretreatment in, and regenerated from, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and other hydrophilic ionic liquids. This may enable the application of ionic liquids as alternatives to environmentally undesirable solvents currently used for dissolution of this important bioresource.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11982358 DOI: 10.1021/ja025790m
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419