“…490 HMIm OTs was useable for a broad range of nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur nucleophiles; 490 likewise, HMIm TFA was trialed successfully for a broad range of nitrogen and sulfur nucleophiles. 489 As cost-effective alternatives, the PILs of 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine (TMG) cation with a variety of anions, 468 and ethanolammonium formate, 459 EOAF, were trialed. EOAF led to excellent yields with a variety of secondary nitrogen nucleophiles, aromatic sulfur nucleophiles, and activated olefins, but slow reaction rates for long-chain acrylates, and no reactions for alcohols, aliphatic thiols, or aromatic amines.…”