Chiral ionic liquids

Chiral ionic liquids as claimed in any one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that [A]+ is selected from the group comprising

• 3
• whereby
• m=0 or 1,
• X is selected from the group comprising nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur,
• R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are selected independently of one another from the group comprising
• hydrogen;
• linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or alicyclic alkyl groups with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, whereby the linear or branched aliphatic alkyl groups may be substituted by a hydroxyl or thiol group;
• heteroaryl, heteroaryl C1-C6 alkyl groups with 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the heteroaryl radical and at least one heteroatom selected from N, O and S, which may be substituted by at least one group selected from C1-C6 alkyl groups and/or halogen atoms;
• aryl, aryl C1-C6 alkyl groups with 5 to 12 carbon atoms in the aryl radical, which may be substituted optionally by at least one C1-C6 alkyl group and/or one halogen atom, and
• silyl groups of the general formula —SiR6R7R8, whereby R6, R7 and R8 are selected independently of one another from the group comprising C1-C6 alkyl and C5-C12 aryl, as well as G is selected from the group comprising —OH, ether (—OR), thiol, thioether (—SR), nitrile (—CN), carbonic acid (—COOH), carbonic acid ester (—COOR), phosphane (—PR2), ketone (—COR), aldehyde (—CHO), nitro (—NO2), azide (—N3), phenyl, fluoride or chloride, whereby R has the above-mentioned meanings,
• provided that R4 and R5 are not simultaneously hydrogen.