title: Cooperative nucleophilic-electrophilic organocatalysis by ionic liquids.
abstract: The anionic and the cationic partners of ionic liquids may act cooperatively and independently as nucleophilic and electrophilic catalysts. This ambiphilic propensity was demonstrated by kinetically discriminating the contributions of the anion (nucleophilic catalyst) and of the cation (electrophilic catalyst) to the solvent-free Baylis-Hillman dimerization of cyclohexenone catalysed by ionic liquids.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Università Ca' Foscari, Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy. lucchini@unive.it alvise@unive.it
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lucchini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noè
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selva
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabris
authors.forename: Alvise
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perosa