Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for improving the hydrolysis stability of ionic liquids (IL), wherein at least one tertiary amine or a quaternary ammonia compound, which is different from the ionic liquid (IL), is added to an ionic liquid (IL).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for purifying salts K + X - , K + is any cation and X - is an organic anion having at least 6 C atoms, characterized in that a) the salts K + X - are present in compositions that contain water-soluble salts (K + ) n Y n- as contaminants, K + being the aforementioned cation, Y n- being an inorganic anion or an organic ion different from X - having at most 10 C atoms, and n being 1, 2, or 3, b) the anions X - of the salts K + X - are transformed into the acids HX by adding a water-soluble hydrogen acid (H + ) m Z m- , m being 1, 2, or 3, two phases being formed, an organic phase, which contains HX, and an aqueous phase, which contains the water-soluble salts (K + ) m Z m- and (K + ) n Y n- or acids (H + ) n Y n- , c) the organic phase is removed, d) the aqueous phase is conducted over a strongly basic anion exchanger, which binds the anions Z m- and Y n- and releases OH - , and thus an aqueous mixture, containing K + OH - is obtained, and e) the organic phase (containing HX) and the obtained aqueous mixture (containing KOH) are reacted, possibly with the addition of further HX, to form K + X - and H 2 O.