Figure 1.

Quantitative analysis of the ionic liquid-mediated hydrolysis of ester bonds in model compounds. Compounds detected after the reaction of glyceryl trioctanoate and octyl octanoate with either cholinium hexanoate (A) or BMIM acetate (B) for 2, 6, and 24 h (the observed average se values were negligible at <4%). All compounds were identified and quantified by GC-MS. At time zero, glyceryl trioctanoate and octyl octanoate were assumed to represent the only compounds present in the mixture.