Patent ID: 7901812

Claim:
An ionic compound having a cation of the onium type with at least one heteroatom selected from N, O, S and P bearing the positive charge and the anion including, in whole or in part, at least one imidide ion of the type (FX 1 O)N − (OX 2 F) wherein X 1 and X 2 are the same or different and comprise SO or PF, wherein the onium type cation comprises a compound of formula: a compound of formula a compound of formula a compound of formula wherein W is O, S or N, and wherein N is optionally substituted with R 1 when the valence allows it; R 1 , R 3 , R 4 are the same or different and represent H; an alkyl, alkenyl, oxaalkyl, oxaalkenyl, azaalkyl, azaalkenyl, thiaalkyl, thiaalkenyl, dialkylazo, each of these can be either linear, branched or cyclic and comprising from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; cyclic or heterocyclic aliphatic radicals of from 4 to 26 carbon atoms optionally comprising at least one lateral chain comprising one or more heteroatoms; aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl and alkenylaryl of from 5 to 26 carbon atoms optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms in the aromatic nucleus; groups comprising several aromatic or heterocyclic nuclei, condensed or not, optionally comprising one or more atoms of nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur or phosphorus; and wherein two groups R 1 , R 3 or R 4 can form a cycle or a heterocycle of from 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and wherein one or more R 1 , R 3 or R 4 groups on the same cation can be part of a polymeric chain; R 2 and R 5 to R 9 are the same or different and represent R 1 , R 1 O—, (R 1 ) 2 N—, R 1 S—, R 1 being as defined above, and wherein the compound comprises at least an anion selected from Cl − ; Br − ; I − ; NO 3 − ; M(R 10 ) 4 − A(R 10 ) 6 − ; R 11 O 2 − , [R 11 ONZ 1 ] − , [R 11 YOCZ 2 Z 3 ] − , 4,5-dicyano-1,2,3-triazole, 3,5-bis(R F )-1,2,4-triazole, tricyanomethane, pentacyanocyclopentadiene, pentakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclopentadiene, barbituric acid and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione; M is B, Al, Ga or Bi; A is P, As and Sb; R 10 is a halogen; R 11 represents H, F, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylalkenyl, alkenylaryl, dialkylamino, alkoxy or thioalkoxy, each having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more oxa, thia, or aza substituents, and wherein one or more hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced with halogen in a ratio of 0 to 100%, and eventually being part of polymeric chain; Y represents C, SO, S═NCN, S═C(CN) 2 , POR 11 , P(NCN)R 11 , P(C(CN) 2 )R 11 , an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylalkenyl, alkenylaryl having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally substituted by one or more oxa, thia or aza; a dialkylamino group N(R 10 ) 2 ; Z 1 to Z 3 representing independently R 11 ,R 11 YO or CN, this group being optionally part of a polymeric chain.