Salts with the general formula, in which X - is an anion, Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, or Y 1 is CH and Y 2 is N, or Y 1 is N and Y 2 is CH, n is a number from 2 to 14 inclusive, Q is selected from -CH 3, -OH, -OR x, -SO3H, -SO 3 R x, -COOH, -COOR x, -COR x, NH 2, -NHR X, N(R X) 2 and -CH(R x) 2, Z is H or R x, R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5, independently of each other, are -H, -Cl, -Br, -I, -NO 2,-N(R X) 2, -R x, -COOR x or -OR x, wherein R x is an optionally substituted and/or branched C 1 to C 18 alkyl residue, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH and R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 are H, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, R 1 = R 3 = R 5 = CH 3, n = 2 or 6 and Q = CH 3, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, R 2, R 4, R 5 = H, R 3 =OR x, and R x is a hydrocarbon containing 3 or 12 carbon atoms, in which the anion X - is selected from F -, Cl -, Br -, I -, CH 3 COO -, CF 3 COO -, CF 3 SO 3 -, SO 4 2-, HSO 4 -, CH 3 OSO 3 -, C 2 H 5 OSO 3 -, SO 3 2-, HSO 3 -, AlCl 4 -, Al 2 Cl 7 -, Al 3 Cl 10 -, AlBr 4 -, NO 2 -, NO 3 -, CuCl 2 -, PO 4 3-, HPO 4 2-, H 2 PO 4 -, CO 3 2-, HCO 3 -,PF 6 -, BF 4 -, (F 3 CSO 2) 2 N -, p-CH 3 C 6 H 4 SO 3 -, OCN -, NCO -, SCN -, NCS -, B 4 -, B(ORy) 4 -, in which R y, optionally selected independently of each other, are substituted and/or branched C 1 to C 18 alkyl residues, C 1 to C 18 alkenyl residues, C 1 to C 18 alkinyl residues, C 6 to C 12 aryl residues and/or C 7 to C 30 aralkyl residues which optionally contain one or more, preferably between 1 and 4, oxygen and/or nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms; borates with the basic structure B(O-A-O) 2 - in accordance with formulae a) to c); borates with the basic structure BX 2 - or BX 2 (O-A-O) - in accordance with formulae d) to i), R 10 = Alkyl, Aryl, H, Halogen, -NO 2, -NH 2, -NHR 6, -N(R 6) 2, -COOR 6 or -OR 6 (N(CF 3) 2 -, N 2 or N(SO 2 C z F 2z+1) 2 -, in which z is a natural number between 1 and 20. X - is an anion, Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, or Y 1 is CH and Y 2 is N, or Y 1 is N and Y 2 is CH, n is a number from 2 to 14 inclusive, Q is selected from -CH 3, -OH, -OR x, -SO3H, -SO 3 R x, -COOH, -COOR x, -COR x, NH 2, -NHR X, N(R X) 2 and -CH(R x) 2, Z is H or R x, R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5, independently of each other, are -H, -Cl, -Br, -I, -NO 2,-N(R X) 2, -R x, -COOR x or -OR x, wherein R x is an optionally substituted and/or branched C 1 to C 18 alkyl residue, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH and R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 are H, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, R 1 = R 3 = R 5 = CH 3, n = 2 or 6 and Q = CH 3, excluding compounds with the general formula in which Y 1 and Y 2 are CH, R 2, R 4, R 5 = H, R 3 =OR x, and R x is a hydrocarbon containing 3 or 12 carbon atoms, in which the anion X - is selected from F -, Cl -, Br -, I -, CH 3 COO -, CF 3 COO -, CF 3 SO 3 -, SO 4 2-, HSO 4 -, CH 3 OSO 3 -, C 2 H 5 OSO 3 -, SO 3 2-, HSO 3 -, AlCl 4 -, Al 2 Cl 7 -, Al 3 Cl 10 -, AlBr 4 -, NO 2 -, NO 3 -, CuCl 2 -, PO 4 3-, HPO 4 2-, H 2 PO 4 -, CO 3 2-, HCO 3 -,PF 6 -, BF 4 -, (F 3 CSO 2) 2 N -, p-CH 3 C 6 H 4 SO 3 -, OCN -, NCO -, SCN -, NCS -, B 4 -, B(ORy) 4 -, in which R y, optionally selected independently of each other, are substituted and/or branched C 1 to C 18 alkyl residues, C 1 to C 18 alkenyl residues, C 1 to C 18 alkinyl residues, C 6 to C 12 aryl residues and/or C 7 to C 30 aralkyl residues which optionally contain one or more, preferably between 1 and 4, oxygen and/or nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms; borates with the basic structure B(O-A-O) 2 - in accordance with formulae a) to c); borates with the basic structure BX 2 - or BX 2 (O-A-O) - in accordance with formulae d) to i), R 10 = Alkyl, Aryl, H, Halogen, -NO 2, -NH 2, -NHR 6, -N(R 6) 2, -COOR 6 or -OR 6 (N(CF 3) 2 -, N 2 or N(SO 2 C z F 2z+1) 2 -, in which z is a natural number between 1 and 20.