Hydrophobic ionic liquids with strongly coordinating anions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 14;46(2):234-6. doi: 10.1039/b914977e. Epub 2009 Nov 21.

Authors

Hasan Mehdi¹, Koen Binnemans, Kristof Van Hecke, Luc Van Meervelt, Peter Nockemann

Affiliation

¹ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Celestijnenlaan 200F bus 2404, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 20024336
DOI: 10.1039/b914977e

Abstract

Ionic liquids containing the hexafluoroacetylacetonate anion are immiscible with water and they exhibit strong metal-complexing ability.