Ionic Liquids as Solvent, Catalyst Support Chemical Agent Decontamination and Detoxification

摘要

The final results indicate that ionic liquids (ILs) hold promise for the decontamination and detoxification of chemical agents. The results from this project provide the information and outline for development of a novel decon/detox cleaning formulation. The emphasis during the one-year's funding was to establish the chemistry surrounding the oxidative decontamination/detoxification of surrogates for mustard and phosphorus nerve agents. Surrogates were shown to react rapidly and nearly quantitatively in laboratory tests. Work was expended in developing a literature survey, which complemented the preliminary laboratory work. The goals beyond the project should be to use the initial results and perform further tests on the phosphorus surrogates, in order to develop a better mechanistic understanding of the reactions in ILs. This final report includes a complete literature presentation and a detailed outline of future work.