Salts of diaminoacetals and diaminoketals and their synthesis, and their transformations to diaminoacetals and diaminoketals

This application relates, in part, to novel salts represented by the following structure of Formula (1): wherein R 1a is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl (e.g., unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl, e.g., —CH 3 ); R 1b is optionally substituted alkyl (e.g., unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl, e.g., —CH 3 ); each occurrence of R 2 and R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, and optionally substituted aryl; R 2 and R 3 can combine with each other to form optionally substituted cycloalkyl; each m and n is independently an integer ranging from 1 to 20 (e.g., m and n is independently an integer ranging from 1 to 5); and each of Q 1 ⊖ and Q 2 ⊖ is independently a counterion (e.g., each of Q 1 ⊖ and Q 2 ⊖ is independently a counterion selected from the group consisting of chloride, bromide, fluoride, iodide, acetate, carboxylate, hydrogen sulfate, nitrate, and phenolate, and sulfonate, e.g., chloride), and methods of making the same.