Issue 2, 2012

Ionic liquids from renewable biomaterials: synthesis, characterization and application in the pretreatment of biomass

Abstract

A series of room temperature ionic liquids (ILs), in which cholinium acts as the cation and amino acids as the anions, were prepared via a simple and green chemical route, and characterized. Most of the ILs dissolved lignin efficiently and selectively (with solubilities of 140–220 mg of lignin per g of IL). The solubility of xylan in these ILs (which ranged from <1 to 85 mg g−1) depended on the nature of the anion, while cellulose was scarcely soluble (<5 mg g−1). In addition, enzymatic hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose and rice straw was enhanced significantly after pretreatment using the IL [Ch][Gly].

Graphical abstract: Ionic liquids from renewable biomaterials: synthesis, characterization and application in the pretreatment of biomass

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Sep 2011
Accepted
21 Nov 2011
First published
14 Dec 2011

Green Chem., 2012,14, 304-307

Ionic liquids from renewable biomaterials: synthesis, characterization and application in the pretreatment of biomass

Q. Liu, X. Hou, N. Li and M. Zong, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 304 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16128A

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