Structure and physico-chemical properties of ionic liquids: What mass spectrometry is telling us

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-272

  Dupont, Jairton ^a   Eberlin, Marcos N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonds; Ionic liquids; Ionic pairs; Mass spectrometry; Reaction mechanisms; Supramolecules

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

IONIC PAIRS; IONIZATION TECHNIQUES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REACTION MECHANISM; SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE; SUPRAMOLECULES;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84879201968     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1385272811317030007     Document Type: Review

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