Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

Marcin Smiglak; W. Mathew Reichert; John D. Holbrey; John S. Wilkes; Luyi Sun; Joseph S. Thrasher; Kostyantyn Kirichenko; Shailendra Singh; Alan R. Katritzky; Robin D. Rogers

doi:10.1039/B602086K

Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

Marcin Smiglak,^a W. Mathew Reichert,^a John D. Holbrey,†^a John S. Wilkes,*^b Luyi Sun,‡^a Joseph S. Thrasher,^a Kostyantyn Kirichenko,^c Shailendra Singh,^c Alan R. Katritzky^c and Robin D. Rogers*^a

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^a Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
E-mail: rdrogers@bama.ua.edu

^b Department of Chemistry, HQ USAFA/DFC, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, USA
E-mail: john.wilkes@usafa.af.mil

^c Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, USA
E-mail: katritzky@chem.ufl.edu

Abstract

The non-flammability of ionic liquids (ILs) is often highlighted as a safety advantage of ILs over volatile organic compounds (VOCs), but the fact that many ILs are not flammable themselves does not mean that they are safe to use near fire and/or heat sources; a large group of ILs (including commercially available ILs) are combustible due to the nature of their positive heats of formation, oxygen content, and decomposition products.

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Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

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