Chiral Functionalised Ionic Liquids as Reaction Media

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Walter Leitner
• Subject Area: Technical Chemistry ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: from 2006 to 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 29407639

The project ChirIL Fun is concerned with the development of novel chiral functionalised ionic liquids and aims at a general understanding of the control mechanism in catalytic systems on a molecular and physico-chemical level. Interactions between dissolved organic compounds and the ionic liquid are essential for a chirality transfer from the chiral solvent onto the substrate. A characterisation and quantification of these interactions will be achieved by the use of organocatalysis, transition metal catalysis and nanocatalysis as molecular probes. A quantification of the interactions between the substrate and the ionic liquid will be supported by the results from NMR and IR spectroscopic measurements. In the long term, these fundamental studies will contribute to a rational approach to asymmetric catalysis in chiral ionic liquid media.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1191: Ionic Liquids
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Jürgen Klankermayer