The title salt, C13H11N2O2 (+)·C6H2N3O7 (-), is the unexpected product of a domino reaction of 3-cyano-methyl-1-methyl-imidazolium chloride with salicylic aldehyde in the presence of picric acid. In the cation, the 1H-imidazole ring is twisted by 63.2 (1)° from the 2H-chromen plane. In the crystal, cations and anions are alternately stacked along the a axis through π-π stacking inter-actions be...

The dissolution of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ILs with short alkyl chains in trihexyltetradecylphosphonium chloride does not only exhibit a large negative entropy. Also, in the resulting mixtures, the phosphonium cation diffuses faster than the much smaller imidazolium cation. Both unexpected features originate from the formation of a large symmetric ion cluster cage in which the imid...

Compounds of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs), derived from imidazole with different alkylic chain lengths located in the third position of the imidazolium ring (poly(1-vinyl-3-dodecyl-imidazolium) (PImC12), poly(1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium) (PImC₈) and poly(1-vinyl-3-butylimidazolium) (PImC₄) hexafluorophosphate) were synthesized. These compounds were tested as corrosion inhibitors on aluminum alloy ...

Treatment of various anilides with 1.5 equiv. of phenyliodine bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) and 1.0 equiv. of BF(3)·OEt(2) in AcOH at room temperature afforded the corresponding para-acetoxylated products with high regioselectivity. In addition, this reaction could be expanded to the etherification of anilides. In the presence of 2.0 equiv. of PIFA and 2.0 equiv. of BF(3)·OEt(2), the reaction of...

A concise and highly diastereoselective synthesis of the polyfused tetracyclic cores of the Stemona alkaloids asparagamine A and stemofoline that relies on a 2-propylidine-1,3-(bis)silane bicyclization onto a enantiodefined pyrrolidine 2,5-di(cation) equivalent derived from l-malic acid is reported. A crucial feature of this divergent synthetic approach involves the solvolysis of a transient an...

Quisqualate, a glutamate analogue, displaced L-[3H]glutamate binding in a biphasic manner, corresponding to "high-affinity" and "low-affinity" binding sites. High-affinity quisqualate sites were termed "quisqualate-sensitive L-[3H]glutamate" binding sites. Quisqualate-sensitive L-[3H]glutamate binding was regionally distributed, with the highest levels present in the cerebellar molecular layer....

Reactions of primary imidazolio-phosphides (“imidazolylidene-phosphinidenes”) with R2SnCl2 yield as main products spectroscopically detectable Lewis pairs which undergo base-induced dehydrochlorination in the presence excess dichlorostannane to afford zwitterionic chloride adducts distannylated imidazolio-phosphines. In contrast, reactions R3SnCl proceed under dismutation furnish mixtures conta...

Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized regioselectivly in good to high yields by one-pot three-component condensation of 6-amino-2-(methylthio)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one, aromatic aldehydes and ethylcyanoacetate or meldrum's acid using 1,2-dimethyl-N-butanesulfonic acid imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([DMBSI]HSO4) Brønsted-acidic ionic liquid as catalyst. Solvent-free mild reaction conditi...

A new strut containing an imidazolium tetracarboxylic acid core has been successfully incorporated into a microporous material using paddlewheel-coordinated copper(II) ions as nodes. Sorption studies conducted on this permanently microporous material imply that it can separate carbon dioxide from methane with high selectivity.