TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The first liquid solvent comprises 1,3-dioxolane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol)dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dibutyl ether, 2-ethoxyethyl ether, sulfone, sulfolane, ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, methyl ethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl propionate, methyl propionate, propylene carbonate, gamma -butyrolactone, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, propyl formate, methyl formate, toluene, xylene, methyl acetate, fluoroethylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, allyl ethyl carbonate, hydrofluoroether, and/or a room-temperature ionic liquid solvent. The ionic liquid has a cation consisting of tetraalkylammonium, di-, tri-, or tetra-alkylimidazolium, alkylpyridinium, dialkyl-pyrrolidinium, dialkylpiperidinium, tetraalkylphosphonium, and/or trialkylsulfonium. The ionic liquid has an anion consisting of tetrafluoroborate, tetracyanoborate, methyltrifluoroborate, vinyltrifluoroborate, trifluoromethyl-trifluoroborate, pentafluoroethyltrifluoroborate, heptafluoro-n-propyl)trifluoroborate, (nonafluoro-n-butyl)trifluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, trifluoroacetate, trifluoromethanesulfonate, N-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (N(SO2CF3)2-), (2,2,2-trifluoroacetyl)-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)azanide (N(COCF3)(SO2CF3)-), bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide, dicyanamide, tricyanomethanide, thiocyanate, selenocyanate, copper(II) chloride (CuCl2-), and/or hydrogen fluoride (F(HF)(2.3)-). The lithium salt comprises lithium perchlorate, lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium borofluoride, lithium hexafluoroarsenide, lithium trifluoro-metasulfonate, bis-trifluoromethyl sulfonylimide lithium, lithium bis(oxalato)borate, lithium oxalyldifluoroborate, lithium oxalyldifluoroborate, lithium nitrate, lithium-fluoroalkyl-phosphates (LiPF3(CF2CF3)3), lithium bisperfluoro-ethysulfonylimide, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulphonyl)imide, lithium bis(fluorosulphonyl)imide, lithium trifluoromethanesulfonimide, and/or an ionic liquid lithium salt. The volatile organic solvent contains an ether-type solvent consisting of 1,3-dioxolane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol)dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dibutyl ether, 2-ethoxyethyl ether, sulfone, or sulfolane.