Anionic rare-earth thiocyanate complexes as building blocks for low-melting metal-containing ionic liquids

Peter Nockemann; Ben Thijs; Niels Postelmans; Kristof Van Hecke; Luc Van Meervelt; Koen Binnemans

doi:10.1021/ja0640391

Anionic rare-earth thiocyanate complexes as building blocks for low-melting metal-containing ionic liquids

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Oct 25;128(42):13658-9. doi: 10.1021/ja0640391.

Authors

Peter Nockemann¹, Ben Thijs, Niels Postelmans, Kristof Van Hecke, Luc Van Meervelt, Koen Binnemans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. peter.nockemann@chem.kuleuven.be

PMID: 17044672
DOI: 10.1021/ja0640391

Abstract

The first examples of ionic liquids with rare-earth-containing anions are presented. These ionic liquids based on rare-earth thiocyanate complexes are liquid at room temperature, despite the multivalent character of the anionic building blocks.