Micellar catalysis in aqueous-ionic liquid systems

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 21;48(41):5013-5. doi: 10.1039/c2cc31503c. Epub 2012 Apr 17.

Abstract

We present the application of ionic liquid-aqueous micellar solutions as reaction media for Diels-Alder reaction and found that reaction rates could be significantly increased compared to the reaction in water.