Patent ID: 8148533

Claim:
An ionic liquid comprising a salt of at least one heterocyclic amine and between about 2.8 and about 3.2 moles of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride per mole of amine nitrogen, the ionic liquid having a melting point less than about 100 C and having a specific conductivity greater than about 20 milli-siemens/cm, wherein said heterocyclic amine is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted pyrroles, substituted and unsubstituted pyrazoles, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, substituted and unsubstituted pyrazines, substituted and unsubstituted pyrimidines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridazines, substituted and unsubstituted thiazoles, substituted and unsubstituted oxazoles, substituted and unsubstituted triazoles, substituted and unsubstituted pyrrolidines, substituted and unsubstituted pyrrolidones, substituted and unsubstituted piperazines, substituted and unsubstituted piperidines and substituted and unsubstituted pyrrolines.