Top 100 Chemists 2000-2010 list
Selected Publications:
”The distillation and volatility of ionic liquids”
M.J. Earle, J.M.S.S. Esperança, M.A. Gilea, J.N.C. Lopes, L.P.N. Rebelo, J.W. Magee, K.R. Seddon and J.A. Widegren
Nature, 439 (2006) 831-834.
”Mutually immiscible ionic liquids”
A. Arce, M.J. Earle, S.P. Katdare, H. Rodriguez and K.R. Seddon
Chem. Commun., (2006) 2548-2550.
”Predicting physical properties of ionic liquids”
M. Deetlefs, K.R. Seddon and M. Shara
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8 (2005) 642-649.
”Paradigm confirmed: The first use of ionic liquids to dramatically influence the outcome of chemical reactions”
M.J. Earle, S.P. Katdare and K.R. Seddon
Org. Lett., 6 (2004) 707-710.
”A critical evaluation of C-H··· X hydrogen bonding in the crystalline state”
J.-A. van den Berg and K.R. Seddon
Cryst. Growth Des., 4 (2003) 643-661.
”Biocatalysis in ionic liquids”
R.A. Sheldon, R.M. Lau, M.J. Sorgedrager, F. van Rantwijk and K.R. Seddon
Green Chem., 4 (2002) 147-151.
”Ionic liquids for clean technology”
K.R. Seddon
J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 68 (1997) 351-356.
”The influence of chloride, water and organic solvents on the physical properties of ionic liquids”
K.R. Seddon, A. Stark and M.-J. Torres
Pure Appl. Chem., 72 (2000) 2275-2287.
”Ionic liquids: Green solvents for the future”
M.J. Earle and K.R. Seddon
Pure Appl. Chem., 72 (2000) 1391-1398.
”The phase behaviour of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborates: ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals”
J.D. Holbrey and K.R. Seddon
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., (1999) 2133-2139.
”The hydrogen bond and crystal engineering”
C.B. Aakeröy and K.R. Seddon
Chem. Soc. Rev., 22 (1993) 397-407.
”The Heck reaction in ionic liquids: a multiphasic catalyst system”
A.J. Carmichael, M.J. Earle, J.D. Holbrey, P.B. McCormac and K.R. Seddon
Org. Lett., 1 (1999) 997-1000.
”Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquids: A safe recyclable green alternative to lithium perchlorate-diethyl ether mixtures”
M.J. Earle, P.B. McCormac, and K.R. Seddon
Green Chem., 1 (1999) 23-25.
”A polarity study of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ambient temperature ionic liquids with the solvatochromic dye, Nile Red”
A.J. Carmichael and K.R. Seddon
J. Phys. Org. Chem., 13 (2000) 591-595.
”Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts”
C.M. Gordon, J.D. Holbrey, A.R. Kennedy, and K.R. Seddon
J. Mater. Chem., 8 (1998) 2627-2636.
”Lipase-catalyzed reactions in ionic liquids”
R.M. Lau, F. van Rantwijk, K.R. Seddon and R.A. Sheldon
Org. Lett., 2 (2000) 4189-4191.
”Bis-μ-[bis(diphenylphosphino)methane]-bis(halogenoplatinum)(Pt-Pt):
dimeric complexes of platinum(I) containing a platinum-platinum bond”
M.P. Brown, R.J. Puddephatt, M. Rashidi and K.R. Seddon
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., (1977) 951 955.
”Friedel-Crafts reactions in room temperature ionic liquids”
C.J. Adams, M.J. Earle, G. Roberts and K.R. Seddon
Chem. Commun., (1998) 2097-2098.
”Room temperature ionic liquids as replacements for organic solvents in multiphase bioprocess operations”
S.G. Cull, J.D. Holbrey, V. Vargas-Mora, K.R. Seddon and G.J. Lye
Biotechnol. Bioeng., 69 (2000) 227-233.
”Copper(I) mediated living radical polymerisation in an ionic liquid”
A.J. Carmichael, D.M. Haddleton, S.A.F.Bon and K.R. Seddon
Chem. Commun., (2000) 1237-1238.
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