The advances of ionic liquid-anchored catalyst and ionic liquid-anchored reagent in organic synthesis are reviewed. Ionic liquid-anchored catalyst, which emerged due to the difficult isolation and recycling of catalyst in ionic liquids, cherished the merits of high catalytic activity as homogeneous catalysis and ease of catalyst recycle as multiple phase catalysis. Ionic liquid-anchored organic reagent synthesis, also called ionic liquid phase organic synthesis, had advantages of high purity of product as solid phase organic synthesis and high reaction rate as liquid phase organic synthesis. The alleviation of toxicity of inorganic reagents, high selectivity and mild reaction conditions were always explored in ionic liquid-anchored inorganic reagent synthesis.

Key words: organic synthesis, application, catalyst, reagent, ionic liquid