With the constant development of new ionic liquids, the understanding of the chemical fate of these compounds also needs to be updated. To this effect, the interaction of a number of novel ionic liquids with soils was determined. Therefore, three novel headgroups (ammonium, phosphonium, or pyrrolidinium) with single or quaternary substitution were tested on a variety of soils with high-to-low o...

Different forms of energy are interconverted in biological systems. For this purpose, the cell uses phosphate compounds as the common currency of energy exchange [1]. The hydrolysis of these compounds is catalyzed by enzymes that are capable of energy transduction. These enzymes use the chemical energy derived from the cleavage of phosphate compounds such as ATP, acetyl phosphate and pyrophosph...

Two novel maltol-based ionic liquids, namely [A336][Mal] and [C101][Mal], were synthesized as potential extracting agents for radionuclides from water. These two room temperature task-specific ionic liquids could be easily prepared by anion metathesis starting from commercially available materials. The isolated compounds were characterized by standard analytical methods. Their application as ex...

We demonstrate that non-ionic small molecules (SMs) can function as the doping and emissive compound in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs), and that high brightness and decent efficiency can be attained for such devices. It is plausible that the expansion of the LEC library, to include easy-to-purify and tunable non-ionic SM compounds, could represent a viable path towards improved LEC...

Robert Schöllhorn* and Wolfgang Schramm Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Münster, Gievenbecker Weg 9, D-4400 Münster Z. Naturforsch. 84b, 697-699 (1979); received February 19, 1979 Topotactic Reactions, Intercalation Compounds, Niobium Chalcogenides, Ionic Conductivity, Superconductivity Cathodic reduction of Nb3S4 and Nb3Se4 electrodes in electrolytes containing cations of appro...

The AMPAC-GaTech Partnership fosters research aimed at opening and developing new avenues and compounds that fit the American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC)’s potential market. Under this umbrella, we are exploring advanced propellants technologies (ionic liquids, energetic polymers), azide chemistry, and applied polymers (agriculture, biomedical). The energetic ionic liquids is one example to ill...

Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds that have a molecular structure containing both a hydrophilic (water loving) and a hydrophobic (water hating) region. The hydrophobic region is usually a long chain aliphatic hydrocarbon, whereas the hydrophilic portion can be composed of an ionic or non-ionic polar group. The physical nature of these molecules bestows the ability to reduce surface tension ...

A new rapid and versatile approach using Ionic Liquid/DMSO as a chemical reagent for the synthesis of fused heterocyclic compounds in a highly efficient way is described. This method offers the advantages of proceeding in neutral conditions, giving high to excellent isolated yields (83-92%) for Niementowski synthesis with easy workup procedure. The inherent Bronsted acidity of ionic liquid and ...

Bacteria were isolated that could utilize representatives of the following ionic phosphorus-containing breakdown products of organophosphorus pesticides as sole phosphorus sources: dialkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphorothioates, dialkyl phosphorodithioates, alkyl arylphosphonates, alkyl arylphosphonothioates, and alkyl alkylphosphonates. Utilization of each organophosphorus compound, which was c...

Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds that have a molecular structure containing both a hydrophilic (water loving) and a hydrophobic (water hating) region. The hydrophobic region is usually a long chain aliphatic hydrocarbon, whereas the hydrophilic portion can be composed of an ionic or non-ionic polar group. The physical nature of these molecules bestows the ability to reduce surface tension ...