Can ionic liquids dissolve wood? Processing and analysis of lignocellulosic materials with 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

By Diego A. Fort, Richard C. Remsing, R. P. Swatloski, P. Moyna, G. Moyna, R. Rogers. 2007

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Hemicelluloses for fuel ethanol: A review. (2010, background): “The first leads to the complete dissolution followed by selective precipitation of the different components (Edye and Doherty, 2008; Fort et al., 2007; Ren et al., 2007; Sun et al., 2009).”
PAPER CHEMISTRY: Approaching super-hydrophobicity from cellulosic materials: A Review (2013, methodology): “Ionic liquids have been used to dissolve whole wood (Fort et al. 2007; Xie, Shi 2006).”
Ionic Liquids: Applications and Perspectives (2011, background): “…Ionic Liquids for Direct Biomass Dissolution and Characterization 531 imidazolium-based ionic liquids can efficiently dissolve lignin (Pu et al., 2007), wood (Kilpelaeinen et al., 2007; Fort et al., 2007) and other biopolymers (Zhu et al., 2006; Fukaya et al., 2008; Zakrzewska et al., 2010).”
Processing and valorization of cellulose, lignin and lignocellulose using ionic liquids (2020, methodology): “The dissolution of wood powder in BmimCl was firstly demonstrated by Fort et al. (2007).”
Interaction of ionic liquids with polysaccharides. 5. Solvents and reaction media for the modification of cellulose (2008, methodology): “Recently formate-, methylphosphate- (Fukaya et al. 2006, 2008), and dicyanoamide-containing solvents (Liu et al. 2005), were described as cellulose solvents.”