Solubility of room-temperature ionic liquid in supercritical CO2 with and without organic compounds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jun 21:(12):1412-3. doi: 10.1039/b302311g.

Abstract

Ionic liquid can dramatically dissolve in supercritical (sc) CO2 with polar organic compounds (ethanol, acetone) especially as the concentration of the compounds in scCO2 exceeds 10 mol%, while the effect of a nonpolar organic compound (n-hexane) in scCO2 on the solubility is very limited even when its concentration is as high as 30 mol%.