title: 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cobalt tetracarbonyl [bmim][Co(CO)4]: a catalytically active organometallic ionic liquid.
abstract: An ambient temperature liquid transition metal carbonyl anion has been prepared in a metathesis reaction between [bmim]Cl ([bmim]+ = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation) and Na[Co(CO)4]; the ionic liquid catalyses the debromination of 2-bromoketones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London, UK SW7 2AY.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dyson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Welton