. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 28.

Published in final edited form as: Green Chem. 2016 Aug 22;18(22):6071–6081. doi: 10.1039/C6GC01482H

Table 1.

Physicochemical properties of the synthesized bio-based ionic liquids

IL	T_g/°C	T_m/°C	T_dec/°C	[α]_d	η/(Pa s)
(Cho-IA)	—	—	300	NS	3.34
(Cho-Gly)	−98.4	16.0	256	NS	0.18
(Cho-Pyr)	−98.8	16.6	230	NS	0.21
(Cho-Abt)	−46.3	−20.5	314	−39.4	107
(Cho-Asc)	−70.1	15.3	251	35.6	1.18
(Cho-C3C)	−88.3	17.3	261	NS	6290
(Cho-Gen)	−66.5	52.4	279	NS	—
(Cho-d-Gal)	−63.3	50.1	245	40.15	3.02
(Cho-Qui)	−76.3	18.8	330	−5.83	0.23

Note: T_g = glass transition temperature; T_m = melting temperature; T_dec = decomposition temperature; [α]_d = optical rotation; NS = not studied; η = zero shear viscosity measured at 0.01 s⁻¹ and 25 °C.