Publications by authors named "Wolfgang Korth"
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- Researchers developed a new type of amphiphobic fluorinated surface-active ionic liquid (FSAIL) that can dissolve in water based on temperature changes.
- The FSAILs, containing specific anions, showed reduced solubility in both water and organic solvents compared to similar compounds without fluorine.
- These FSAILs effectively catalyzed the epoxidation of olefins using hydrogen peroxide, demonstrating high efficiency and the ability to be reused through phase separation and distillation after ten cycles.
Aside from the desulfurisation, the denitrogenation of fuels is of great importance to minimze the environmental impact of transport emissions. The oxidative reaction pathway of organic nitrogen in the catalytic oxidative denitrogenation could be successfully elucidated. This is the first time such a pathway could be traced in detail in non-microbial systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) of several imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) in aqueous HO (50 wt % in HO) were determined by tensiometry, conductometry, and the rate of catalytic epoxidation of -cyclooctene. CMC values in aqueous HO were significantly lower compared to values in pure water. In both HO solution and water, the CMC of all ILs decreases with an increasing alkyl chain length and increases with a rising temperature.
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