Hawker Rebecca R, Haines Ronald S, Harper Jason B
School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Feb 27;54(18):2296-2299. doi: 10.1039/c8cc00241j.
A range of ionic liquids was examined as solvents for a substitution reaction. They were chosen through rationally varying the ionic liquid cation in order to enhance the rate constant. Access to charge and electron-withdrawing substituents benefitted rate enhancement, allowing ionic liquids to be rationally selected to control reaction outcome.
