“…Remarkable achievements in the addition of aliphatic and/or aromatic amines to methyl vinyl ketone ( 5 a ), acrylic acid derivatives – nitrile ( 1 ), esters ( 2 a , b ) and N,N‐disubstituted acrylamides 3 – were made through the use of ionic liquids such as [DDPA][HSO 4 ], [169] [TMPSA][HSO 4 ], [63] [HIm][TFA], [151] [HIm][Cl], [168] [DABCO‐PDO][OAc], [DABCO‐PDO][BF 4 ], [DABCO‐PDO][PF 6 ], [DABCO‐PDO][OTf], [170] [DABCO‐PDO][OAc], [163] [ADPQ][OAc], [ADPQ][BF 4 ], [ADPQ][PF 6 ], [ADPQ][OTf], [165] [dbIm][OH], [daIm][OAc], [167] EAN/EAA, DEAN/DEAA, TBAN/TBAA, [171] [TMG][Lac] [166] . The basic ionic liquids ([DBU][OAc] or [DBU][Lac]) were found to be an efficient catalysts for aza‐Michael addition of primary and secondary aliphatic and aromatic amines to 16‐dehydropregnenolone.…”