Charles L. Liotta

Efficient Synthesis of 4,5,9,10-Tetrahydropyrene: A Useful Synthetic Intermediate for the Synthesis of 2,7-Disubstituted Pyrenes.

Carbon dioxide as a solubility "switch" for the reversible dissolution of highly fluorinated complexes and reagents in organic solvents: application to crystallization.

Phase-transfer catalyst separation by CO2 enhanced aqueous extraction.

Use and recovery of a homogeneous catalyst with carbon dioxide as a solubility switch.

The reaction of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) with carbon dioxide.

Green chemistry: reversible nonpolar-to-polar solvent.

The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials.

Biocatalytic reaction and recycling by using CO2-induced organic-aqueous tunable solvents.

Probing the cybotactic region in gas-expanded liquids (GXLs).

Switchable surfactants.

Molecular dynamics simulation of the cybotactic region in gas-expanded methanol-carbon dioxide and acetone-carbon dioxide mixtures.

Reversible in situ catalyst formation.

A spectroscopic and computational exploration of the cybotactic region of gas-expanded liquids: methanol and acetone.

Local polarity in CO2-expanded acetonitrile: a nucleophilic substitution reaction and solvatochromic probes.

Effects of solute structure on local solvation and solvent interactions: results from UV/vis spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations.

One-component, switchable ionic liquids derived from siloxylated amines.

Charge screening in the S(N)2 reaction of charged electrophiles and charged nucleophiles: an ionic liquid effect.

Combining homogeneous catalysis with heterogeneous separation using tunable solvent systems.

Organic aqueous tunable solvents (OATS): a vehicle for coupling reactions and separations.

Combining the benefits of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis with tunable solvents and nearcritical water.

Novel solvents for sustainable production of specialty chemicals.

The synthesis and the chemical and physical properties of non-aqueous silylamine solvents for carbon dioxide capture.

Production of tartrates by cyanide-mediated dimerization of glyoxylate: a potential abiotic pathway to the citric acid cycle.

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Nonaqueous Silylamines for Efficient CO2 Capture.