Dissolution of cork biopolymers in biocompatible ionic liquids

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2010-01-05 DOI: 10.1039/B922553F

Abstract

Classically, the best attempts to separate suberin from cork biopolymers have resulted in low efficiency; here, we report a class of biocompatible and biodegradable cholinium-based ionic liquids, the cholinium alkanoates, which show a highly efficient and specific dissolution of the suberin domains from cork biopolymers.

Graphical abstract: Dissolution of cork biopolymers in biocompatible ionic liquids
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