Organic salts and method for producing chiral organic compounds

A process for preparing chiral organic compounds comprising conducting an asymmetric catalysis reaction that proceeds via cationic intermediates using an ionic catalyst, wherein the catalyst anion of the ionic catalyst is chiral and the catalyst cation is selected from the group consisting of NH4+, primary, secondary and tertiary ammonium salts, imidazol (in)ium salts, triazolium salts, amidinium salts, pyridinium salts, thiazol(in)ium salts, guanidinium salts, quarternary ammonium salts, and quaternary phosphonium salts.