Graphical Abstract New inorganic–organic hybrid materials effectively and diastereoselectively catalyze the C–C bond formation upon nitroaldol (Henry) reaction. Highlights ► New hybrid materials were easily prepared from zinc(II) salt, sulfuric acid and amines. ► Full structural characterization of the compounds was performed. ► The synthesized compounds act as effective catalysts in the nitroa...

In the title compound, C(10)H(16)N(4) (2+)·2NO(3) (-), the organic cation is located around an inversion centre. The imidazolium ring forms a dihedral angle of 62.7 (3)° with the plane defined by the C atoms of the -(CH(2))(4)- aliphatic linker. Two anions bind to the cation via three-centre N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and thus discrete hydrogen-bonded ion triples are formed. The nitrate is approximat...

3-methyl-1-sulfonic acid imidazolium tetrachloroferrate {[Msim]FeCl4} as an efficient sulfur catalyst was prepared and applied, as an efficient catalyst, for the cross-aldol condensation reaction between cycloalkanones and arylaldehydes to give α,αʹ- bis(arylidene)cycloalkanones in high yields and short reaction times at 75 °C under solvent-free conditions. 3-methyl-1-sulfonic acid imidazolium...

The reliability of four force fields developed for 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquids are compared to an ab inito molecular dynamics simulation regarding structural properties. Except the hydrogen bond structure between the most acidic hydrogen atom of the imidazolium ring and the nitrogen atom of the anion as well as the intramolecular potential surface...

In this study, eight different types of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) were applied as new solvents in the extraction of flavonoids from grape skin, and compared to the conventional organic solvent extraction that was not reported earlier. The structure of anions, cations and concentration of ILs significantly affected extraction yields. The highest mass fractions of proanthocyanidins an...

The crystal structure of the title compound, (C(6)H(11)N(2))(3)[EuBr(6)], consists of 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations and centrosymmetric octa-hedral hexa-bromido-europate anions. The [EuBr(6)](3-) anions are located at the corners and face-centres of the monoclinic unit cell. Characteristic hydrogen-bonding inter-actions can be observed between the bromide anions and the acidic H atoms of...

A novel stilbene disulfonate, 4-trimethylammonium-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (TIDS), has been chemically synthesized, and the interaction of this probe with human erythrocyte anion exchanger (AE1) was characterized. Covalent labeling of intact erythrocytes by [N(+)((14)CH(3))(3)]TIDS revealed that specific modification of AE1 was achieved only after removal of other ligand bin...

The Raman and infrared spectra of a series of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids ([C2-4MIM][BF4]) are reported and analyzed using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and RHF methods at the 6-311+G(2d,p) computational level. The B3LYP (DFT) and RHF calculations reproduce the vibrational spectra of 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [EMIM][BF4], 1-propyl-3-methyl ...