title: Design and synthesis of a novel imidazolium-based ionic liquid with planar chirality.
abstract: As the first example of a planar chiral ionic liquid, a cyclophane-type imidazolium salt was synthesized; its potential use in chiral recognition was demonstrated by 1H NMR studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saigo