Solvents, defined as substances able to dissolve or solvate other substances, are commonly used in manufacturing and laboratory processes and are often indispensable for many applications such as cleaning, fire fighting, pesticide delivery, coatings, synthetic chemistry, and separations . Billions of pounds of solvent waste are emitted to the environment annually, either as volatile emissions or with aqueous discharge streams. Many of these solvents are known to upset our ecosystems by depleting the ozone layer and participating in the reactions that form tropospheric smog. In addition, some solvents may cause cancer, are neurotoxins, or may cause sterility in those individuals frequently exposed to them. While contained use of these solvents would be acceptable from both an environmental and a health perspective, such operations are difficult to achieve, and alternative solvents are currently being sought to minimize the problems inherent in solvent release to the environment