- Reduction of carbon dioxide in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate.
Reduction of carbon dioxide in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2009-06-27)
Laura E Barrosse-Antle, Richard G Compton
PMID19557268
ABSTRACT
Gaseous CO(2) is almost irreversibly absorbed by the room temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C(4)mim][Ac]) in which it undergoes a chemically irreversible, one electron electrochemical reduction, suggesting a means for the sequestration of the greenhouse gas.
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