Ionic Liquids San Diego ACS 2001

Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects

Sponsored by the

ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Green Chemistry & Engineering Subdivision
Separation Science & Technology Subdivision
Green Chemistry Institute

224^th American Chemical Society National Meeting
Boston, MA

August 18-22, 2002

Join us for “Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects,” a five-day symposium during the 224^th ACS National Meeting (August 18-22, 2002) in Boston, MA.

The figure below shows the trend in publications in the field of ionic liquids. Because of the recent steep rise, a symposium entitled “Green (or Greener) Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids,” was organized for the 221^st American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego, April 1-5, 2001. That meeting was exceptionally successful and encouraged the organizers to plan a second symposium for the Boston ACS national meeting, August 18-22, 2002. The latest symposium on ionic liquids is an attempt to bring together key players in this burgeoning area and encourage the growth of this field even further. Moreover, as the growth of this area can be tied to the potential applications of ionic liquids to green industrial processes, the symposium is planned to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between academia and industry.

Figure: Trend in the publication of papers on ionic liquids and room temperature molten salts

OVERVIEW OF THE SYMPOSIUM

The symposium will consist of 10 half-day sessions of oral presentations and one poster session. Over 80 presentations on the latest in ionic liquid R&D will be presented.

The first session will begin Sunday morning August 18, 2002 with a tutorial for first time ionic liquid users presented from a practical use perspective by student and staff researchers from QUILL and the Center for Green Manufacturing. The final session will end Thursday afternoon August 22. The poster session will be presented twice, Sunday evening at the I&EC poster session and Monday evening at SCI-MIX.

SESSIONS AND ORGANIZERS

I: Tutorials: Everything you wanted to know . . .
R. D. Rogers and K. R. Seddon, Organizers, Presiding

II: Ionic Liquids Manufacture and Synthesis
A. J. Robertson, Organizer, Presiding

III. Ionic Liquids Manufacture and Synthesis – Academic
K. R. Seddon, Organizer, Presiding

IV. Characterization and Engineering
Joan F. Brennecke, Organizer, Presiding

V. Novel Applications
J. D. Holbrey, Organizer, Presiding

VI. Separations
R. D. Rogers, Organizer, Presiding

VII. Biotechnology in Ionic Liquids
R. A. Sheldon, Organizer, Presiding

VIII. Catalytic Chemistry
T. Welton, Organizer, Presiding

IX. Non-catalytic Chemistry
M. J. Earle, Organizer, Presiding

X. Electrochemistry
W. R. Pitner, Organizer, Presiding

XI. Photochemistry
C. M. Gordon, Organizer, Presiding

XII. Sunday Evening and Monday Evening Poster Sessions

PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS

IL Symposium Program (Dates/Times - pdf file)
IL Symposium Abstracts (pdf file)

Full I&EC Division Program (pdf file)

HOUSING AND REGISTRATION

Click here for Registration and Housing on the ACS web site

All sessions will be held in the John B. Hynes Convention Center.
The Boston Sheraton and the Hilton Boston Back Bay are the closest hotels.

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

Robin D. Rogers
Center for Green Manufacturing
Box 870336
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
RDRogers@bama.ua.edu

Kenneth R. Seddon
School of Chemistry
The Queen's University of Belfast
Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG
Northern Ireland
k.seddon@qub.ac.uk