“…cyclohexane), water, and an ionic liquid was assembled by Earle, Seddon et al, and applied for the Heck coupling reaction. 72 The new feature was represented by the presence of an ionic liquid [cation: 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (bmim), 1-pentyl-3-methylimidazolium (pmim), N-hexylpridinium (C 6 py)] as the 'third phase', coupled with anions such as halide, BF 4 , and PF 6 . These liquid salts are virtually insoluble in water and alkanes, but readily dissolve transition metal catalysts.…”