The biodegradation of ionic liquids - the view from a chemical structure perspective

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1946-1973

  Stolte, Stefan ^a,b   Steudte, Stephanie ^c   Igartua, Amaya ^b   Stepnowski, Piotr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b IK4 TEKNIKER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Metabolization; Organic cations; Structure biodegradability relationships; Sustainable design; Weakly coordinating anions

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DEGRADATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); PRODUCT DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC INTERESTS; GREEN-CHEMISTRY; HAZARD POTENTIAL; METABOLIZATION; ORGANIC CATIONS; STRUCTURE-BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIP; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL PROCESS; WEAKLY COORDINATING ANIONS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 79959952052     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211795703603     Document Type: Review

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