Ionic liquid syntheses via click chemistry: expeditious routes toward versatile functional materials

Since the introduction of click chemistry by K. B. Sharpless in 2001, its exploration and exploitation has occurred in countless fields of materials sciences in both academic and industrial spheres. Click chemistry is defined as an efficient, robust, and orthogonal synthetic platform for the facile...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 54; no. 24; pp. 2944 - 2961
Main Author Mirjafari, Arsalan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal Society of Chemistry 25.03.2018
Subjects
Alkynes
Chemical bonds
Chemical reactions
Chemical synthesis
Cycloaddition
Functional materials
Ionic liquids
Ions
Solvents
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Summary:Since the introduction of click chemistry by K. B. Sharpless in 2001, its exploration and exploitation has occurred in countless fields of materials sciences in both academic and industrial spheres. Click chemistry is defined as an efficient, robust, and orthogonal synthetic platform for the facile formation of new carbon-heteroatom bonds, using readily available starting materials. Premier examples of click reactions are copper( i )-catalyzed azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition (CuAAC) and the thiol-X (X = ene and yne) coupling reactions to form C-N and C-S bonds, respectively. The emphasis of this review is centered on the rapidly expanding area of click chemistry-mediated synthesis of functional ionic liquids via CuAAC, thiol-X and oxime formation, and selected examples of nucleophilic ring-opening reactions, while offering some thoughts on emerging challenges, opportunities and ultimately the evolution of this field. Click chemistry offers tremendous opportunities, and introduces intriguing perspectives for efficient and robust generation of tailored task-specific ionic liquids - an important class of soft materials. The application of click reaction ( e.g. CuAAC, thiol-X, oxime formation and nucleophilic ring opening) has recently begun to draw attention for efficient and robust synthesis of new functional ionic liquids, requiring minimal purification.
Bibliography:Dr Arsalan Mirjafari is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. He has been working with ionic liquids for over 15 years and his research interests cover all aspects of the science of ionic liquids, from their synthesis and fundamental physicochemical properties to their applications in sustainable energy and materials as well as medicine. He received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from University of Isfahan, Iran (2009). He worked with Professor Jim Davis at University of South Alabama as a postdoctoral fellow from 2010 to 2012.
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c8cc00372f