Use of Ionic Liquids for Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Abstract

Ionic liquids are a class of solvents with peculiar properties and have many advantages in comparison to classical organic solvent from the standpoint of sustainable green chemistry. Aiming to discuss potential of ionic liquids for organic syntheses, this mini review has been focused on three topics: the first is recent trend of the use of ILs for organic syntheses, and the second is activation methods of several types of reactions using ionic liquids. The last is application of ILs for enzymatic reactions using typical lipase-catalyzed reactions as model reaction.