Eight new members of two series of PEG-6000-bridged geminal dicationic ionic liquids based on diphenylammonium/imidazolium cation were synthesized by the change of four anions CF 3 COO − , CCl 3 COO − , AcO − and HSO − 4. They were investigated as reusable acidic catalysts for dehydration of fructose to 5hydroxymethylfurfural in polar aprotic solvent. The characterizations of dicationic ionic liquids were done using 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, IR and TGA analyses. Irrespective of Hammett acidity strength of the eight ILs, they displayed single peak selectivity for the 5-hydroxymethyl furfural intermediate in HPLC analysis.