title: Recent developments on chiral ionic liquids: design, synthesis, and applications.
abstract: The recent progress in chiral ionic liquids with respect to their syntheses and applications in enantioselective reactions and chiral recognition is described. In addition to the conventional chiral ionic liquids derived from chiral natural products, a library of novel chiral spiro compounds, including spiro bis(pyridinium) and spiro bis(imidazolium) salt, is also described.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Mahesh L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasai