1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cobalt tetracarbonyl [bmim][Co(CO)4]: a catalytically active organometallic ionic liquid.
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.
Brown
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Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London, UK SW7 2AY.
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Ellis
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