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ET AL: "Characterizing Ionic Liquids On the Basis of Multiple Solvation Interactions" JOURNAL AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 124, no. 47, 2002, pages 14247-14254, XP002346173 cited in the application;  BICAK, NIYAZI: "A new ionic liquid : 2-hydroxy ethylammonium formate" JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS , VOLUME DATE 2005, 116(1), 15-18 CODEN: JMLIDT; ISSN: 0167-7322, 2004, XP002346174;  POOLE C.F. ET AL: "ORGANIC SALTS, LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATUR, AS MOBILE PHASES IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY" JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, vol. 352, 1986, pages 407-425, XP002346176;  DATABASE BEILSTEIN Beilstein Institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE; XP002346253 retrieved from XFIRE Database accession no. 3694926 & BIOCHEM. Z, vol. 324, 1953, pages 485-490,;  DATABASE BEILSTEIN Beilstein Institut zur Foerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE; XP002346251 retrieved from XFIRE Database accession no. 3613277 & J. GEN. CHEM. 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