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Table 2 Summary of conditions used for the pretreatment of different (lingo)cellulose substrates

From: Coupled enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation: ionic liquid pretreatment for enhanced yields

Solvent

Temperature and time

120 Â°C (90 min)

160 Â°C (90 min)

180 Â°C (60 min)

205 Â°C (10 min)

DBU–MEA–SO2

✓

✓

✓

–

DBU–MEA–CO2

✓

✓

✓

–

[Amim][HCO2]

✓

✓

✓

–

[AMMorp][OAc]

✓

✓

✓

–

H2SO4

–

–

–

✓

SFa

2.5

3.7

4.1

4.1

  1. aSeverity factor (SF): SF = log (t·exp((T âˆ’ T ref)/14.75); t treatment time in minutes; T treatment temperature; T ref reference temperature, i.e., 100 Â°C; 14.75 is an empirically determined constant