Nomenclature
Ionic Liquids
APIL
Aprotic ionic liquid
CBIL
Carbonate-based ionic liquid
IL
Ionic liquid
PIL
Protic ionic liquid
poly(RTIL) Polymerised room-temperature ionic liquid
RTIL
Room-temperature ionic liquid
TSIL
Task-specific ionic liquid
Cations
[bm(2-Me)im]
+
1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium
[(bz)C 1 C 5 im]
+
1-benzyl-2-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium
[C 10 btz]
+
3-decylbenzothiazolium
[C 11 btz]
+
3-undecylbenzothiazolium
[C 12 btz]
+
3-dodecylbenzothiazolium
[C n im]
+
1-alkylimidazolium
[C 1 im]
+ or [Hmim]
+
1-methylimidazolium
[C 2 im]
+
1-ethylimidazolium
[C 4 im]
+
1-butylimidazolium
[C n C 1 im]
+
1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C 1 C 1 im]
+
1,3-dimethylimidazolium
[C 2 C 1 im]
+
1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C 3 C 1 im]
+
1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C 4 C 1 im]
+
1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C 6 C 1 im]
+
1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium
[C 8 C 1 im]
+
1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium
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