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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Queen's University AT Kingston, Kingston, CA;
Greencentre Canada, Kingston, CA;
Inventors:
Philip G. Jessop, Kingston, CA;
Lam N. Phan, Oshawa, CA;
Andrew J. Carrier, Trenton, CA;
Rui Resendes, Kingston, CA;
Dominik Wechsler, Kingston, CA;
Assignees:
Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, CA;
GreenCentre Canada, Kingston, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/04 (2013.01); Y10S 516/924 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solvent that reversibly converts from a hydrophobic liquid form to hydrophilic liquid form upon contact with water and a selected trigger, e.g., contact with CO, is described. The hydrophilic liquid form is readily converted back to the hydrophobic liquid form and water. The hydrophobic liquid is an amidine or amine. The hydrophilic liquid form comprises an amidinium salt or an ammonium salt.