| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L58156/01 |
| Title: |
CATALYTIC REDOX CHEMISTRY IN IONIC LIQUIDS: NEOTERIC SOLVENTS FOR CLEAN SYNTHESIS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Seddon, Professor K |
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| Department: |
Pure & Applied Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
24 March 1998 |
Ends: |
23 September 2001 |
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83,335
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Complex fluids & soft solids |
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This proposal concentrates on the development of room-temperature ionic liquids as media for the catalytic reduction and oxidation of organic substrates of industrial interest - crucial areas for industrial clean synthesis (see Cleanline 7, December 1996, pp. 4-5). Our aim is to invesigate systems where the source of reduction and oxidation are dihydrogen and dioxygen, respectively. Reaction media investigated will include 1-methyl - 3- alkylimidazolium salts of acetate, trifluroroacetate and tetrafluoroborate. The solvent systems will be developed, characterized and tested in Prof. Seddon's laboratories, reactors will be designed and optimised in Prof. Weatherley's laboratories, and the catalytic process developed in the Leverhulme Centre. The programme is strongly interactive between the two centres (Belfast and Liverpool), and will provide excellent training in both reactive chemistry and chemical engineering for the students.
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http://www.qub.ac.uk |