Patent ID: 7915426

Claim:
A method of conducting a catalysed organic chemical reaction, comprising: providing a reactant with a solvent, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of 1,2,3-substituted imidazolium salts, 1,2,3,4-substituted imidazolium salts, and 1,2,3,4,5-substituted imidazolium salts, and with the exception that said solvent is not 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylimidazolium salts with sulphonated or carboxylated triesters or phosphorous, 1,2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-4H-imidazolium salts with sulphonated or carboxylated triesters or phosphorous, 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-5H-imidazolium salts with sulphonated or carboxylated triesters or phosphorous, and 1-trimethylsilyl-2,3,5-trimethyl-4H-imidazolium salts with sulphonated or carboxylated triesters or phosphorous, and obtaining a product from said catalysed organic chemical reaction, wherein the catalysed organic chemical reaction is selected from the group consisting of a method for catalytic conversion of olefins, a condensation reaction, a hydrogenation reaction, an isomerisation reaction, a Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, an amination reaction, a partial oxidation of alkanes, a kinetic resolution of racemic mixtures, a hydrogenation of imines, a hydrogenation of ketones, a transfer hydrogenation, or hydroxylation of aromatic organic compounds.