[EN] USE OF IONIC LIQUIDS AS COORDINATION LIGANDS FOR ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSTS<br/>[FR] UTILISATION DE LIQUIDES IONIQUES EN TANT QUE LIGANDS DE COORDINATION POUR DES CATALYSEURS ORGANO-METALLIQUES
申请人:CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN
公开号:WO2006033990A2
公开(公告)日:2006-03-30
Aspects of the present invention relate to compositions and methods for the use of ionic liquids with dissolved metal compounds as catalysts for a variety of chemical reactions. Ionic liquids are salts that generally are liquids at room temperature, and are capable of dissolving a many types of compounds that are relatively insoluble in aqueous or organic solvent systems. Specifically, ionic liquids may dissolve metal compounds to produce homogeneous and heterogeneous organometallic catalysts. One industrially-important chemical reaction that may be catalyzed by metal-containing ionic liquid catalysts is the conversion of methane to methanol.