Ionic Liquids as Benign Solvents for the Extraction of Aromatics

Authors :: Md. Anwar Hossain
Jee-Sun Lee
Dai-Hyun Kim
Dinh Quan Nguyen
Min-Serk Cheong
Hoon-Sik Kim
Source :: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 33:3241-3247
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Korean Chemical Society, 2012.
Abstract: E-mail: khs2004@khu.ac.kr (H.S. Kim), mcheong@khu.ac.kr (M. Cheong)Received June 27, 2012, Accepted July 6, 2012Ionic liquids (ILs) have been extensively investigated as promising alternatives to conventional organicsolvents such as sulfolane and N,N-dimethylformamide for the selective extraction of aromatic hydrocarbonsfrom the C