title: Environmental Impact of Ionic Liquids: Recent Advances in (Eco)toxicology and (Bio)degradability.
abstract: This Review aims to integrate the most recent and pertinent data available on the (bio)degradability and toxicity of ionic liquids for global and critical analysis and on the conscious use of these compounds on a large scale thereafter. The integrated data will enable focus on the recognition of toxicophores and on the way the community has been dealing with them, with the aim to obtain greener and safer ionic liquids. Also, an update of the most recent biotic and abiotic methods developed to overcome some of these challenging issues will be presented. The review structure aims to present a potential sequence of events that can occur upon discharging ionic liquids into the environment and the potential long-term consequences.
authors.affiliation: LAQV, Requimte, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana P F
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2866-1591
authors.initials: SPF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: LAQV, Requimte, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana M O
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4133-079X
authors.initials: AMO
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.affiliation: LAQV, Requimte, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.|A3D-Association for Drug Discovery and Development, Rua do Baixeiro n° 38, Aveiro, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paula C A G
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1259-3873
authors.initials: PCAG
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: LAQV, Requimte, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: M Lúcia M F S
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6539-1741
authors.initials: MLMFS
authors.lastname: Saraiva
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004777:Environment; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000639:trends*; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D012449:Safety
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D052578:Ionic Liquids
keywords: adsorption; computational chemistry; environmental chemistry; ionic liquids; structure-activity relationships