Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids
- 17 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 124 (18), 4974-4975
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja025790m
Abstract
We report here initial results that demonstrate that cellulose can be dissolved without activation or pretreatment in, and regenerated from, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and other hydrophilic ionic liquids. This may enable the application of ionic liquids as alternatives to environmentally undesirable solvents currently used for dissolution of this important bioresource.Keywords
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