Recent Advances in Applications of Room‐Temperature Ionic Liquid/Supercritical CO₂ Systems

Abstract

Duet of Extremes: Efficient and environmentally benign, biphasic systems consisting of ionic liquids and supercritical CO2 (scCO2) have been employed in lipase-catalyzed esterifications (see scheme). The reaction takes place in the ionic liquid with or without a solid support, and the products are removed by means of either batchwise or continuous-flow extraction with supercritical CO2.