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A novel family of green ionic liquids with surface activities

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Ionic liquids have many unique properties as a new and remarkable class of environmental benign solvents, which promises widespread applications in industry and other areas. However, the ionic liquids with surface activity are rarely reported. In this work, a series of novel ionic liquids was synthesized by using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and alkyl bromide. The physical properties of this family of ionic liquids have been characterized, which shows that these compounds have ionic liquids characteristics, surface activity and biocompatibility.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Zhang HaiBo, Zhou XiaoHai, Dong JinFeng, Zhang GaoYong & Wang CunXin

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20233010 and 20573079)

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Zhang, H., Zhou, X., Dong, J. et al. A novel family of green ionic liquids with surface activities. SCI CHINA SER B 50, 238–242 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-007-0024-x

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