The invention relates to chiral ionic liquids of the general formula
whereby n=1 or 2, the anion [Y]n- is the anion of an organic or
inorganic proton acid and the cation [A]+ an optically active organic
ammonium cation with up to 50 carbon atoms, at least one chirality center and at
least one functional group that can produce a coordination by forming hydrogen
bridges or by providing free electron pairs. At least one chirality center is provided
with a distance of up to 5 atomic bonds from the functional group. The invention
also relates to a method for producing said chiral ionic liquids and to the use
thereof in methods for the asymmetric synthesis, the asymmetric catalysis and for
separating racemates.
