Ionic Liquids in Synthesis

Peter Wasserscheid studied at the RWTH Aachen, receiving his diploma in Chemistry in 1995. He started to work with ionic liquids under the guidance of Prof. Willi Keim and completed his PhD in 1998. After joining BP Chemicals in Sunbury/GB for a six-months industrial post-doc, Peter returned to the RWTH Aachen where he finished his "Habilitation" in December 2002. In 2003 he became Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Bioengineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He has received several awards including the Max-Buchner-Award of DECHEMA (2001), the Innovation Award of the German Economy (2003, together with Solvent Innovation GmbH, Cologne) and the Leibniz Award of the German Science Foundation (2006). Tom Welton studied at the University of Sussex, graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry in 1985 and completed his DPhil, under the guidance of Prof. Seddon, in 1990. His interest in ionic liquids dates back to this time and has continued throughout his career. In 1993 he was awarded the prestigious Lloyd's of London Tercentenary Foundation fellowship, which he chose to take up at Imperial College. He has remained there, initially as a Lecturer, but now as a Professor in Sustainable Chemistry. He is the 2007 Christopher Ingold Lecturer awarded for excellence in physical organic chemistry. Since August 2007 he is head of the department of Chemistry at Imperial College.

Preface
A Note From The Editors
THE EARLY YEARS OF IONIC LIQUIDS
SYNTHESIS AND PURIFICATION
Synthesis
Quality Aspects and other Questions Related to Commercial Ionic Liquid Production
Synthesis of Task-specific Ionic Liquids
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Melting Points
Viscosity and Density
Solubility and Solvation in Ionic Liquids
Gas Solubilities
Polarity
Electrochemistry
STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS
Order in the Liquid State and Structure
Computational Modelling of Ionic Liquids
Translational Diffusion
Molecular Reorientational Dynamics
ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
Ionic Liquids in Organic Synthesis: Effects on Rate and Selectivity
Stoicheiometric Organic Reactions and Acid-catalysed Reactions in Ionic Liquids
Transition Metal Catalysis in Ionic Liquids
Ionic Liquids in Multiphasic Reactions
Task Specific Ionic Liquids (TSILs): A New Generation of Soluble Supports for Supported Organic Synthesis (SPOS)
Supported Ionic Liquid Phase Catalysts
Multiphasic Catalysis Using Ionic Liquids in Combination with Compressed CO2
INORGANIC SYNTHESIS
Directed Inorganic and Organometallic Synthesis
Making of Inorganic Materials by Electrochemical Methods
Ionic Liquids in Material Synthesis: Functional Nanoparticles and Other Inorganic Nanostructures
POLYMER SYNTHESIS IN IONIC LIQUIDS
BIOCATALYTIC REACTIONS IN IONIC LIQUIDS
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF IONIC LIQUIDS
CONLUDING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK