New fluorous ionic liquids function as surfactants in conventional room-temperature ionic liquids

Travis L. Merrigan, Eleanor D. Bates, Scott C. Dorman, James H. Davis

Chemical Communications · 2000 · 298 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Ionic liquids formulated from imidazole cations with appended fluorous tails function as surfactants when added to conventional ionic liquids, facilitating the emulsification of fluoroalkanes with IL phases.

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