Table 4.
Ionic liquids employed for COS and GlcNAc production.
| Ionic liquids | Ionic liquid function | COS and GlcNAc production process | Products obtained | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [HOSO2C3mim][CF3SO3] [HOSO2C8mim][NTf2] |
Catalyst | Acid hydrolysis | GlcNAc | Pischek et al., 2014 |
| [C2mim][OAc] [C2mim][MeO(H)PO2] |
Pretreatment Co-solvent |
Enzymatic hydrolysis | GlcNAc (GlcNAc)2 |
Husson et al., 2017 |
| [C2mim][OAc] | Chitin extraction | Enzymatic hydrolysis | GlcNAc (GlcNAc)2 (GlcNAc)3 |
Berton et al., 2018 |
| [BMIm]Ac | Pretreatment | Enzymatic hydrolysis | GlcNAc (GlcNAc)2 |
Xu et al., 2018 |
| [C2mim][OAc] | Pretreatment | Enzymatic hydrolysis | GlcNAc (GlcNAc)2 |
Li et al., 2019 |