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Patrick S Barber1, Chris S Griggs, Gabriela Gurau
1Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 (USA).
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|October 12, 2013
Abstract:
Chemisorption of carbon dioxide by 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2 mim][OAc]) provides a route to coagulate chitin and cellulose from [C2 mim][OAc] solutions without the use of high-boiling antisolvents (e.g., water or ethanol). The use of CO2 chemisorption as an alternative coagulating process has the potential to provide an economical and energy-efficient method for recycling the ionic liquid.
