Novel Solvents for Sustainable Production of Specialty Chemicals

Ali Z. Fadhel; Pamela Pollet; Charles L. Liotta; Charles A. Eckert

doi:10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061010-114221

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volume 2, 2011

Review Article

Novel Solvents for Sustainable Production of Specialty Chemicals

Ali Z. Fadhel^1,2, Pamela Pollet^2,3, Charles L. Liotta^2,3, and Charles A. Eckert^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332; ²Specialty Separations Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332; ³School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332; email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Vol. 2:189-210 (Volume publication date July 2011) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061010-114221
First published as a Review in Advance on March 01, 2011
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Abstract

We discuss novel solvents that improve the sustainability of various chemical reactions and processes. These alternative solvents include organic-aqueous tunable solvents; near-critical water; switchable piperylene sulfone, a volatile dimethylsulfoxide substitute; and reversible ionic liquids. These solvents are advantageous to a wide variety of reactions because they reduce waste and energy demand by coupling homogeneous reactions with heterogeneous separations, acting as in situ acid or base catalysts, and providing simple and efficient postreaction separations.

Keyword(s): gas-expanded liquids, near-critical water, switchable, tunable

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