[HTML][HTML] Biocatalytic production of biolubricants: Strategies, problems and future trends

RRC Monteiro, Á Berenguer-Murcia… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing worries by the inadequate use of energy and the preservation of nature are
promoting an increasing interest in the production of biolubricants. After discussing the …

Ether-and alcohol-functionalized task-specific ionic liquids: attractive properties and applications

S Tang, GA Baker, H Zhao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the designer nature of ionic liquids (ILs) has driven their exploration and
exploitation in countless fields among the physical and chemical sciences. A fair measure of …

[HTML][HTML] Green solvents for sustainable organic synthesis: state of the art

RA Sheldon - Green Chemistry, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing awareness of the pressing need for greener, more sustainable technologies
has focused attention on the use of atom efficient catalytic methodologies for the …

Biocatalysis in ionic liquids

F Van Rantwijk, RA Sheldon - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids1 are substances that are completely composed of ions and are liquid at or close
to room temperature. Interest in these compounds, often heralded as the green, high-tech …

Applications of ionic liquids in the food and bioproducts industries

AAC Toledo Hijo, GJ Maximo, MC Costa… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been extensively used in many research and industry fields,
including chemical and pharmaceutical applications. Nevertheless, during past years, some …

A review of ionic liquids towards supercritical fluid applications

S Keskin, D Kayrak-Talay, U Akman… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs), considered to be a relatively recent magical chemical due their unique
properties, have a large variety of applications in all areas of the chemical industries. The …

Ionic liquids: Green solvents for nonaqueous biocatalysis

Z Yang, W Pan - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2005 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids hold potential as green solvents because of their lack of vapour pressure, and
are opening up a burgeoningly new field of nonaqueous enzymology. As compared to those …

Recent advances of enzymatic reactions in ionic liquids

M Moniruzzaman, K Nakashima, N Kamiya… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
The tremendous potential of room temperature ionic liquids as an alternative to
environmentally harmful ordinary organic solvents is well recognized. Ionic liquids, having …

Chemical and biochemical transformations in ionic liquids

N Jain, A Kumar, S Chauhan, SMS Chauhan - Tetrahedron, 2005 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids have gained wide popularity in recent years 1–8 for their increasing use in the
two important fields of chemistry—synthetic and biochemical—and their concept and history …

Ionic liquids and dense carbon dioxide: a beneficial biphasic system for catalysis

F Jutz, JM Andanson, A Baiker - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Increasing ecological concerns alongside with economical considerations have triggered
research into greener catalytic applications for quite some time. Green chemistry has …