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Although ionic liquids (ILs) are organic solvents, They exhibit vanishing small vapour pressures [1,2]. Negligible volatility means that the most prevalent route for escape to the atmosphere and also exposure to workers — evaporation — is absent. Low vapour pressure may also renders these solvents safer, as flash points will be much higher than for traditional organic solvents. The development of water stable ILs (1-ethy1-3- methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and 1-ethy1-3-methy1-imidazolium acetate) in 1992 [3] has led to a dramatic growth in interest in ILs, which may be inherently safer and more sustainable solvents than their volatile cousins. Numerous researchers have shown that ILs are excellent solvents for a variety of industrially relevant reactions, as has been reviewed recently by Welton [4] and Holbrey and Seddon [5].
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Blanchard, L.A., Gu, Z., Brennecke, J.F., Beckman, E.J. (2003). Ionic Liquids and Supercritical Co2 . In: Rogers, R.D., Seddon, K.R., Volkov, S. (eds) Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids. NATO Science Series, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0127-4_23
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