10.18453/rosdok_id00004751 Jopp, Stefan Stefan Jopp http://d-nb.info/gnd/1171856547 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-7914 Universität Rostock 2024 500 Natural sciences 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 2024 en https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004751 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004751-8 In this cumulative habilitation thesis, carbohydrate-based ionic liquids and salts (CHILS) have been investigated as a novel group of molecules that combine the properties of ionic liquids and carbohydrates. Over the course of the 11 publications that are included in this thesis, several different types of CHILS from glucosamine, ribose, glucose and other sugars have been synthesized with high yields and flexible functionalisations. Glucosyl imidazolium salts have been found to exhibit a high biocomtability and a broad field of potential applications in hydrogels, biocatalysis and more.