Inventory of biodegradation data of ionic liquids.

Ionic liquids (ILs) are increasingly of interest for environmentally open applications. Therefore, completely mineralising ILs are highly desirable. We reviewed the current state of knowledge on ILs' environmental biodegradability and identified research needs.

Abiotic and biotic degradation of five aromatic organosilicon compounds in aqueous media-Structure degradability relationships.

Silicones have many applications and are produced in large quantities. Despite their potential toxicity, information on their environmental mineralisation is scarce. Therefore, we investigated a group of five organosilicon compounds (o-MeOCHSiMe (1), p-MeOCHSiMe (2), (p-MeOCH)SiMe (3), o-MeNCHSiMe (4) and p-MeNCHSiMe (5)), recently developed to be 'benign by design' based on their readily degradable core structure.