One of the fastest growing areas of chemical research is in the field of ionic liquids, which has been driven by the growing need to develop alternatives to conventional solvents currently used in various industries.  The physical and chemical properties of these ionic liquids make them ideal for a wide range of applications. Chiral ionic liquids and polymerized chiral ionic liquids have recently been discovered and show promising applications in the areas of asymmetric synthesis, stereoselective polymerization, chromatographic separations, NMR shift reagents and liquid crystals. This project focuses on developing efficient, economic and simple ways to prepare chiral ionic liquids and their polymers. Two series of nicotine-based chiral ionic liquids and pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid monomers were prepared in good yields. The chirality was introduced using (L)-nicotine and (L)-lactate derivatives. The resultant ionic liquid monomers were characterized by spectroscopic methods and subjected to polymerization using radical polymerization methods.<br/>

Synthesis and characterization of novel chiral ionic liquids and ionic liquid polymers

251st National Meeting (2016)

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