Much of the interest in ionic liquids is based on their promise as green substitutes for traditional industrial solvents such as volatile organic compounds. Development of safer and environmentally friendly processes and products is needed to achieve sustainable production and consumption patterns. In this work, a study on the solubility of glucose in imidazolium based ionic liquids + antisolvent mixtures has been performed to find a way to separate sugar from ILs. These ILs, used in cellulose conversion processes are based on combinations of cations of dialkylimidazolium and anions of chloride, phosphonate and chloride. Effects of temperature, mass ratios of antisolvent to IL and water contents on the solubility of glucose have been investigated.

Solubility of glucose in imidazolium based ionic liquid + antisolvent mixtures

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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