Green Solvents II - Properties and Applications of Ionic Liquids

The conventional solvents used in chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and separation processes represent a great challenge to green chemistry because of their toxicity and flammability. Since the beginning of "the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry" in 1998, a general effort has been made to replace conventional solvents with environmentally benign substitutes. Water has been the most popular choice so far, followed by ionic liquids, surfactant, supercritical fluids, fluorous solvents, liquid polymers, bio-solvents and switchable solvent systems.
Green Solvents Volume I and II provides a throughout overview of the different types of solvents and discusses their extensive applications in fields such as extraction, organic synthesis, biocatalytic processes, production of fine chemicals, removal of hydrogen sulphide, biochemical transformations, composite material, energy storage devices and polymers. These volumes are written by leading international experts and cover all possible aspects of green solvents' properties and applications available in today's literature.
Green Solvents Volume I and II is an invaluable guide to scientists, R&D industrial specialists, researchers, upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, Ph.D. scholars, college and university professors working in the field of chemistry and biochemistry.

List of contents

From the Contents: Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects.- Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Alkylation and Acylation.- Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Glycosylation Reactions.- Ionic Liquid Crystals.- Application of Ionic Liquids in Extraction and Separation of Metals.- Potential for Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Using Ionic Liquid Solvents.- Biocatalytic Reactions in Ionic Liquid Media.- Ionic Liquids/Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as Advantageous Biphasic Systems in Enzymatic Synthesis.- Ionic Liquids as Lubricants.

About the author

Dr. M. Inamuddin, is currently working with the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India. He received his Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry, from C.C.S. University, Meerut, India in 2002. He received his Mater of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Chemistry, from AMU in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He is having extensive research experience in multi-disciplinarily fields of Analytical Chemistry, Material Chemistry and Electrochemistry and more specifically Renewable Energy and Environment. He worked in different projects funded by University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. India and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. India. He has published 25 research articles and three book chapters of international repute. Recently, he edited books entitled Advanced Organic-Inorganic Composites: Materials, Devices and Allied Applications and Green Solvents, Properties and Applications in Chemistry, published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc, and Springer, United Kingdom, respectively. He is the editor-in-chief of a journal, Chemical and Environmental Research being published from India. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow leading to a research team at Creative Research Initiative Center for Artificial Muscles, Hanyang University, South Korea in the field of renewable energy specially biofuel cells. He also worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia in the field of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and computer fluid dynamics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. He is the life member of Journal of Indian Chemical Society.

Summary

The conventional solvents used in chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and separation processes represent a great challenge to green chemistry because of their toxicity and flammability. Since the beginning of “the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry” in 1998, a general effort has been made to replace conventional solvents with environmentally benign substitutes. Water has been the most popular choice so far, followed by ionic liquids, surfactant, supercritical fluids, fluorous solvents, liquid polymers, bio-solvents and switchable solvent systems.
Green Solvents Volume I and II provides a throughout overview of the different types of solvents and discusses their extensive applications in fields such as extraction, organic synthesis, biocatalytic processes, production of fine chemicals, removal of hydrogen sulphide, biochemical transformations, composite material, energy storage devices and polymers. These volumes are written by leading international experts and cover all possible aspects of green solvents’ properties and applications available in today’s literature.
Green Solvents Volume I and II is an invaluable guide to scientists, R&D industrial specialists, researchers, upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, Ph.D. scholars, college and university professors working in the field of chemistry and biochemistry.

Product details

• Assisted by: Inamuddin (Editor), Inamuddin (Editor), Dr Inamuddin (Editor), Dr. Inamuddin (Editor), M. Inamuddin (Editor), Al Mohammad (Editor), Ali Mohammad (Editor), Muhammad Ali (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9789400728905
• ISBN: 978-94-0-072890-5
• No. of pages: 506
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 242 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 990 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 506 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering