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. 2019 Jun 11;9(7):264. doi: 10.1007/s13205-019-1788-3

Table 2.

Effect of ILs and their mass fractions on the IL/water/K2CO3 pretreatment and IL recovery

IL Mass fraction (%) Solvent pH Lignin removal (%) Sugar yield (%)a IL recovery (%)
[C8mim]Cl 50 10.85 5.37 (± 0.06) 32.57 (± 0.96) 98.36 (± 1.24)
[C6mim]Cl 50 11.08 24.07 (± 0.84) 36.11 (± 0.35) 94.25 (± 0.71)
[C4mim]Cl 50 12.31 43.46 (± 0.95) 60.97 (± 1.21) 92.77 (± 1.25)
[C2mim]Cl 50 13.21 74.36 (± 1.00) 86.25 (± 0.05) 90.45 (± 1.12)
[C2mim]Cl 10 11.08 43.10 (± 1.58) 74.27 (± 1.20) 70.17 (± 0.73)
[C2mim]Cl 20 11.74 50.88 (± 1.23) 76.54 (± 0.34) 75.66 (± 0.42)
[C2mim]Cl 30 12.29 58.03 (± 1.34) 78.48 (± 0.88) 82.23 (± 1.03)
[C2mim]Cl 40 12.86 72.38 (± 1.67) 84.99 (± 0.51) 88.53 (± 0.69)
[C2mim]Cl 60 14.11 74.86 (± 2.46) 86.67 (± 1.23) 94.26 (± 1.43)

Mass fraction of K2CO3 was 2%, pretreatment temperature was 110 °C, and pretreatment time was 1 h

aEnzymatic hydrolysis time was 72 h