Ionic Liquids Immobilized on Magnetic Nanoparticles

Abstract

Ionic liquids (ILs) immobilized on supports are among the most important derivatives of ILs. The immobilization process of ILs can transfer their desired properties to substrates. The combination of the advantages of ILs with those of support materials will derive new performances while retaining the properties of both moieties. As green media in organic catalytic reactions, based on utilizing the ability of ILs to stabilize the catalysts, they have many advantages over free ILs, including avoiding the leaching of ILs, reducing their amount, and improving the recoverability and reusability of both themselves and catalysts. This has critical significance from both environmental and economical points of view. Recently, ionic liquids immobilized on magnetic nanoparti-cles (MNPs) have drawn increasing attention in catalytic reactions and separation technologies and achieved substantial progress. The combination of MNPs and ILs gives magnetic-supported ionic liquids, which exhibit the unique properties of ILs as well as facile separation by an external magnetic field. The excellent efficiency of this kind of immobilized ionic liquids offers a great advantage compared with other sorts of magnetic supports. In this chapter, the green catalytic processes and recent advances in organic synthesis catalyzed by ionic liquids immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles are highlighted.