Ionic Liquid Technology: A Budding Innovative Podium for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Journal Title: Drug Designing & Intellectual Properties International Journal - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Ionic liquids considered to be a reasonably current magical chemical due their unique properties, have a large variety of applications in all areas of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The areas of application consist electrolyte in batteries, lubricants, plasticizers, solvents and catalysis in synthesis, matrices for mass spectroscopy, solvents to manufacture nano-materials, extraction, gas absorption agents, etc. Non-volatility and nonflammability are their widespread characteristics giving them a beneficial edge in a variety of applications. Ionic liquids can be considered as green solvents due to their very low vapor pressure and wide range of applications with unique physical and chemical properties. Ionic liquids use for clean and efficient energy, through the development of a broad swath of energy technologies, such as advanced batteries, dye-sensitized solar cells, double layer capacitors, actuators, fuel cells, thermo-cells, and water splitting, essentially related to highly efficient carbon capture and storage technologies and resource efficiency to date. Ionic liquids have emerged as an environmentally friendly substitute to the volatile organic solvents. Being designer solvents, they can be modulated to suit the reaction conditions, therefore earning the name “task specific ionic liquids.” They are now finding applications in various fields like catalysis, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and material science to mention a few. Chemists and medicinal scientists can significantly diminish the risk to human health and the environment by following all the precious principles of green chemistry. The most uncomplicated and undeviating way to pertain green chemistry in pharmaceuticals is to utilize eco-friendly, non-hazardous, reproducible and competent solvents and catalysts in synthesis of drug molecules, drug intermediates and in researches involving synthetic chemistry. Microwave synthesis is also a significant contrivance of green chemistry by being an energy efficient process. Ionic liquids have been accepted as a new green chemical revolution which excited both the academia and the chemical industries. This innovative chemical group can lessen the utilization of hazardous and polluting organic solvents due to their exclusive characteristics as well as taking part in various new syntheses.
Authors and Affiliations
Kapoor D, Vyas RB, Dadrwal D
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