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Green Chem., 2007, 9, 1158 - 1159, DOI: 10.1039/b705745h


Ionic liquids via efficient, solvent-free anion metathesis

Peter D. Vu, Andrew J. Boydston and Christopher W. Bielawski


A range of electrophilic reagents have been found to facilitate simultaneous halide-trapping/anion metathesis of halide-containing salts in the absence of solvent to afford ionic liquids bearing non-nucleophilic, non-coordinating anions.

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