TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preparation: No general preparation of the ionic liquid (I) is given. Preferred Components: The non-ionic solvent additive is a carbonate solvent additive; is a sulfite solvent additive. The non-ionic solvent is a sulfone or carbonate solvent. Preferred Composition: The composition (c3) further comprises non-ionic solvent additive. Preferred Definitions:    Y+=imidazolium, benzimidazolium, pyridinium, pyrazinium, pyrrolidinium, piperidinium, piperazinium, morpholinium, pyrrolium, pyrazolium, pyrimidinium, triazolium, oxazolium, thiazolium, triazinium, indolium, quinolinium, quinazolinium, and cyclic guanidinium rings;    X-=BF4-, PF6-, N(SO2CF3)2-, N(SO2CF2CF3)2-, and CF3SO3-.    EXAMPLE - 10 g Fluoromalonic acid and 2.54 g boric acid were dissolved in 20 ml water. 2.17 g Sodium carbonate was added slowly to the aqueous solution under stirring. After the gas formation slowed down, the solution was heated to 90 degrees C for 0.5 hours. The water was later rotavapped. The white solid was transferred into an Ar-filled glove-bag, removed from the flask, ground in a mortar and purified by repeated crystallization from acetonitrile. The salts were dried in a vacuum oven at 100 degrees C for two days and sodium salt of 3,9-difluoro-2,4,8,10-tetraoxo-1,5,7,11-tetraoxa-6-boranuidaspiro(5.5)undecane (A1) was obtained. 1-Butyl-2,3-dimethyl-3H-imidazol-1-ium bromide was stirred at room temperature with excess orthoborate salt (A1) in anhydrous acetonitrile under argon for three days to allow the chloride to react completely. After cooling, the flask was transferred to an Ar-filled glove-bag and the alkali halide precipitates filtered off. The solvent in the filtrate was evaporated on a rotavapor at reduced pressure. The residue was freeze dried overnight and then dissolved in 20 ml dichloromethane. The solution was allowed to stand at room temperature (RT) overnight in order to induce in dichloromethane. After filtration and evaporation of the solvent, the residue was further freezed dried and stored in a glove box. After workup, a compound of formula (IA) with excellent purity as orthoborate ionic liquid was obtained with 30% yield.