PREPARATION AND USE OF IONIC LIQUIDS IN MICROWAVE-ASSISTED CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

摘要

Ionic liquids were rapidly and efficiently prepared by microwave-assistedchemical transformations. A method forperforming microwave-assisted reactions, including alkylation reactions, usingionic liquids as solvent resulted in high yields withdramatically reduced reaction times. Ionic liquids, when used as an additiveor co-solvent, allowed for heating, by microwave-assistance, of chemical reactions performed in traditional organic solvents,most notably non-polar solvents.