Ionic liquids are of interest to chemistry and material sciences because of their designerproperties. The protic ionic liquids are excellent proton carriers in fuel cell electrolytes, providingelectrolytes of a type thatare simply not available in systems in which water acts as acid or base inthe proton transfer process. But, there is a lacuna in our knowledge ofthese compounds. We haveno information as to how hydrogen bonding affects their properties. We, therefore, propose tostudy a series of nitrate-based ionic liquids. Experience with the structurally related alkanes anddiaminoalkanes shows that these systems will give excellent, and readily understandable, INSspectra on TOSCA.