A synthetic method and catalyst for preparing 3-(3-oxo-2-pentyl)cyclopentyl dimethyl malonate are disclosed. The synthetic method uses 2-pentyl-2-cyclopentenone and dimethyl malonate as raw materials, and reacts them in the presence of a catalyst to prepare 3-(3-oxo-2-pentyl)cyclopentyl dimethyl malonate, the catalyst is a basic ionic liquid, the pH value of the basic ionic liquid is greater than or equal to 10, and the catalyst is prepared by a method comprising the steps of: mixing the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound with an aliphatic carboxylate or hydroxyl aliphatic carboxylate or fluorophosphate under stirring. The synthetic method is environmentally friendly, stable in reaction and low-cost, and the conversion of 2-pentyl-2-cyclopentenone is significantly improved due to the use of the above-mentioned basic ionic liquid as catalyst.

A method of controlling a hydrocarbon conversion process is described. The method involves introducing a reactant into a reaction zone containing an ionic liquid catalyst. The reaction zone has at least two zones. The mass transfer resistance in the second zone is greater than the mass transfer resistance in the first zone.

An electrocatalytic process for carbon dioxide conversion includes combining a Catalytically Active Element and a Helper Polymer in the presence of carbon dioxide, allowing a reaction to proceed to produce a reaction product, and applying electrical energy to said reaction to achieve electrochemical conversion of said carbon dioxide reactant to said reaction product. The Catalytically Active Element can be a metal in the form of supported or unsupported particles or flakes with an average size between 0.6 nm and 100 nm. The reaction products comprise at least one of CO, HCO.sup., H.sub.2CO, (HCO.sub.2).sup., H.sub.2CO.sub.2, CH.sub.3OH, CH.sub.4, C.sub.2H.sub.4, CH.sub.3CH.sub.2OH, CH.sub.3COO.sup., CH.sub.3COOH, C.sub.2H.sub.6, (COOH).sub.2, (COO.sup.).sub.2, and CF.sub.3COOH.

Processes are provided for making an alkylate gasoline blending component, comprising: a. feeding an olefin feed comprising greater than 80 wppm of a sulfur contaminant comprising mercaptans, alkyl sulfides, and alkyl disulfides to a chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst, wherein a level of the sulfur contaminant accumulates in the chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst to make a sulfur-contaminated ionic liquid catalyst comprising 300 to 20,000 wppm of a sulfur; and b. alkylating the olefin feed with an isoparaffin using the sulfur-contaminated ionic liquid catalyst to make the alkylate gasoline blending component having a final boiling point below 221 C. An alkylation process exclusively utilizing coker LPG olefins is also provided.

The present invention relates to a catalyst composition in the form of a capsule, having walls made of solid material which define a closed volume which contains a liquid phase comprising at least one ionic liquid of formula Q.sup.+A.sup., wherein Q.sup.+ is an organic cation and A.sup. is an anion, and in which a Brnsted acid HB is dissolved.

A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO.sub.2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO.sub.2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO.sub.2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim.sup.+][NTF.sub.2.sup.] for the reversible CO.sub.2 sorption and desorption.

The present invention relates to a catalytic composition in the form of what is known as a Pickering emulsion, said composition comprising a first non-aqueous liquid phase L1 comprising hydrocarbon compounds, within which droplets of a second liquid phase L2 are stabilized by solid particles, said second liquid phase L2 comprising at least one ionic liquid of formula Q.sup.+A.sup., Q.sup.+ being an organic cation and A.sup. being an anion, and in which a Brnsted acid HB is dissolved.

An ionic liquid catalyst and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The ionic liquid catalyst includes a carrier. The carrier contains nickel ferrite as a component, and an outer surface of the carrier is modified to have a decolorant and a degradation agent. The decolorant is grafted onto nickel atoms of the carrier, and the degradation agent is grafted onto iron atoms of the carrier. The method includes: providing the carrier that contains nickel ferrite as a component; and modifying the carrier, so that the nickel atoms of the carrier are grafted with the decolorant and the iron atoms of the carrier are grafted with the degradation agent. Accordingly, the ionic liquid catalyst is obtained.

A method of controlling a hydrocarbon conversion process is described. The method involves introducing a reactant into a reaction zone containing an ionic liquid catalyst. The reaction zone has at least two zones. The mass transfer resistance in the second zone is greater than the mass transfer resistance in the first zone.

The current invention relates to ionic liquid preparation and their application in organic synthesis. More specifically, the present invention relates to the quinoline based ionic liquids having fluoride counter anion and their applications in click chemistry, Knoevenagel condensation to 1,2,5,6-tetrahydronicotinonitrile (12), and pyrazol (15) formation.