Ionic Liquids

ISBN-13: 9783642261817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 346 str.

Barbara Kirchner

Opis

"Ionic liquids will never find application in industry," "I don't understand this fad for ionic liquids" and "there is no widespread interest in these systems" are just three of quotes from the reports of referees for research proposals that I have received over the years. I wonder what these people think today. There are currently at least nine large-scale industrial uses of ionic liquids, including, we now rec- nise, the production of ?-Caprolactam (a monomer for the production of nylon-6) 1]. There has been a steady increase in the interest in ionic liquids for well over a decade and last year the number of papers and patents including ionic liquids was counted in the thousands. This remarkable achievement has been built on the hard work and enthusiasm, first of a small band of devotees, but now of huge numbers of scientists all over the world who do not see themselves as specialists in ionic liquids. The ionic liquids field continues to develop at an incredible rate. No sooner do I think that I am on top of the literature than it turns out that a whole new area of work has emerged without me noticing. Things that were once supposedly impos- 1 sible in ionic liquids, such as measuring the H NMR of solutes, are now widely applicable (see Chapter 8). Hence, collected volumes such as this are very w- come.

Recenzje

From the reviews: Ionic liquids from the Topics in current chemistry series is a valuable resource for the newcomer, as the book primarily focuses on the fundamentals. Appropriately, the book begins by discussing approaches for the synthesis, purification and characterisation of ionic liquids. The majority of the chapters survey topics that will allow the reader to obtain a greater understanding of ionic liquids and their properties. The book covers essential areas such as thermophysical properties, spectroscopy, the strength of ionic liquid-solute interactions (polarity) and the influence of ionic liquids on chemical reactions. There are also reviews on theoretical investigations that attempt to understand and predict the physicochemical properties of ionic liquids. Additionally, there are chapters that discuss areas of growing importance, such as the use ionic liquids for heavy elements, processing biomass and the synthesis and application of functionalised ionic liquids (so called 'task specific ionic liquids'). The book is an excellent text for those who are new to the field and it would also serve as a useful reference for more experienced practitioners.

Spis treści

Bronya Clare, Amal Sirwardana and Douglas R. MacFarlane: Synthesis and Purification of Ionic Liquids.- Annegret Stark: Ionic Liquid Structure-induced Effects on Organic Reactions.- Mathieu Pucheault and Michel Vaultier: Task Specific Ionic Liquids and Task Specific Onium Salts.- Andreas Taubert: Heavy Elements in Ionic Liquids.- M. F. Costa Gomes, J. N. Canongia Lopes, A. A. H. Padua: Thermodynamics and Micro Heterogeneity of Ionic Liquids.- David Rooney, Johan Jacquemin and Ramesh Gardas: Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids.- Barbara Kirchner: Ionic Liquids from Theoretical Investigations.- Ralf Giernoth: NMR Spectroscopy in Ionic Liquids.- Anja Mudring: Optical Spectroscopy and Ionic Liquids.- Suzie Su Yin Tan and Douglas R. MacFarlane: Ionic Liquids in Biomass Processing.-

O autorze

Barbara Kirchner, geb. 1970, studierte Chemie in Freiburg, Mainz und Chemnitz und schloss ihre Promotion an der Universität Basel (Schweiz) ab. Bevor sie 2007 den Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie an der Universität Leipzig übernahm, absolvierte sie zahlreiche Forschungsaufenthalte in Deutschland, der Schweiz und Australien. Ihr Arbeitsgebiet reicht von der Untersuchung von Lösungsmitteln und Reaktionen sowie intermolekularen Kräften über quantenchemische Berechnungen interessanter Moleküle bis hin zu Programmentwicklung. Neben ihren Fachveröffentlichungen und ihren Herausgebertätigkeiten im Bereich der Chemie schreibt Barbara Kirchner außerdem für verschiedene Tageszeitungen und Zeitschriften (z.B. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Spex, De-bug).