title: Tailor-made hexaethylene glycolic ionic liquids as organic catalysts for specific chemical reactions.
abstract: Hexaethylene glycol substituted imidazolium based ionic liquids (hexaEGILs) were designed and prepared well-tailored to a specific organic reaction using alkali-metal fluorides (MFs) as multifunctional organic catalysts. These hexaEGIL catalysts could significantly enhance the reactivity of MF, even KF. Furthermore, the hexaEGIL systems showed tremendous efficiency in the nucleophilic fluorination of base-sensitive substrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cyclotron Research Center, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-712, Korea.
authors.forename: Vinod H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Hwan-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Seok Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Myung-Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D052578:Ionic Liquids; C077067:hexaethylene glycol; D005459:Fluorides