A series of new protic compounds based on active pharmaceutical ingredients have been synthesised and characterised. Some of the salts synthesised produced ionic liquids, while others that were associated with rigid molecular structures tended to produce high melting points. The "protonic" behaviour of these compounds was found to be a major determinant of their properties. Indicator studies, F...

Superhalogens may interact with appropriate metal atoms to form complex compounds. In the present study, this idea is demonstrated by considering the interaction of PdO3 ‘superhalogen’ with Ca atom which leads to the formation of complex CaPdO3. DFT and QTAIM approaches are employed to estimate the nature and strength of interaction. We have revealed this interaction as ionic and very similar t...

The carbene concentration in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium-acetate ionic liquid is sufficiently high to act as a catalyst in benzoin condensation, hydroacylation and also in oxidation of an alcohol by using CO(2) and air. This observation reveals the potential of ionic liquid organocatalysts, uniting the beneficial properties of these two families of compounds.