Synthesis and preliminary use of novel acrylic ester-derived task-specific ionic liquids

Novel electrophilic alkenes bearing an ionic liquid-type appendage have been prepared and used in Diels–Alder cycloadditions, 1,4-additions, Heck couplings and Stetter reactions; this new type of support allows easy monitoring of the reactions by NMR and MS as well as simple and efficient work-up and isolation procedures.