US 7,605,271 B2
Superhigh purity ionic liquid
Hirofumi Uchimura, Kyoto (Japan); and Manabu Kikuta, Kyotanabe (Japan)
Assigned to Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto (Japan)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/356,799.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-096423 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0223995 A1, Oct. 05, 2006
Int. Cl. C07D 233/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 548—300.1 2 Claims
 
1. An ionic liquid, represented by the formula K+A, comprising a cation, K+, that is 1 -ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium and an anion, A, that is a halogenated sulfonyl imide anion represented by [XSO2]2N, X representing halogen, wherein the content of an alkali metal as an impurity in the ionic liquid is 5 ppm or less and the content of a halogen ion is 1 ppm or less.