Condensation of aromatic (heteroaromatic) aldehydes with 1,3 dicarbonyl com pounds under the 1 butyl 3 methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([Bmim][BF 4 ]) ionic liq uid-piperidinium acetate catalytic system (0.2 equiv. of each component) in the absence of a solvent affords, depending on the structures of the reagents, 2 arylidene derivatives of methyl acetoacetate and acetylacetone, diethyl 2,4 bis(trifluoroacetyl) 3 phenylpentanedioate, or di methyl 2 aryl 4 hydroxy 6 oxocyclohexane 1,3 dicarboxylates. The reactions of the resulting 2 arylidene derivatives with O methylisourea in the [Bmim] [BF 4 ] ionic liquid produced me thyl 2 methoxy 4 methyl 6 aryldihydropyrimidine 5 carboxylates and 1 (2 methoxy 4 me thyl 6 phenyldihydropyrimidin 5 yl)ethanone (mixtures of 3,6 and 1,6 dihydro isomers), which were transformed into the corresponding 3,4 dihydropyrimidin 2(1H ) one derivatives.