Lignin-based hydrogels in both bulk and membrane forms for potential drug delivery, food packaging, and wound dressing applications have been designed by crosslinking ionic-liquid-isolated lignin with epoxide-terminated polyethylene glycol (ETPEG) in alkaline solution.
A simple method for the synthesis of phthalazinetrione derivatives by a one-pot three-component condensation reaction of phthalhydrazide, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and aldehydes catalyzed by the ionic liquid 4-(3-methyl-1-imidazolio)-1-butanesulfonic acid hydrogen sulfate ([BSO3HmIm]HSO4) is reported. Good to excellent yields were obtained in short reaction times in the solvent PEG 600 (polyethylene glycol 600) at 120 °C. The strategy proved to be efficient and environmentally benign. The catalyst/solvent system could easily be recovered and reused for at least 5 times without noticeable loss of activity
[PEG-TEA]LP, as a new biodegradable ionic liquid catalyst, was successfully synthesized, characterized, and applied to the one-pot pseudo-five-component synthesis of bis(pyrazolyl)methanes.
Preparation and comparison of bulk and membrane hydrogels based on Kraft- and ionic-liquid-isolated lignins