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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M89775/01
Title:	STRUCTURE-REACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE IONIC LIQUIDS
Principal Investigator:	Hardacre, Professor C
Other Investigators:	Seddon, Professor K
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Department:	Sch of Chemistry and Chemical Eng
Organisation:	Queen's University of Belfast
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 November 1999	Ends:	30 April 2003	Value (£):	17,670
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Catalysis & Applied Catalysis
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Chemicals Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The aim of this work is to examine how low temperature ionic liquids (273 K < melting temperature K) interact with dissolved materials. Many of these materials are catalytically active for a range of reactions from oligomerisation to Heck couplings and appear to stabilise homogeneous catalysts in a active state. By using XAFS and diffraction methods, we hope to investigate the structural changes under reaction conditions and hence elucidate the active catalyst present in a range of systems. The systems to be studied may be split into two categories, non co-ordinating and co-ordinating solvents both will be investigated. This research is multidisciplinary in nature involving both physical, inorganic and organic chemists.
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