“…Ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted increasing attention as carriers for the separation, recovery and recycling of chiral catalysts because of their attractive properties, such as extremely low vapor pressure, high thermal and chemical stability, good solubility for transition metal catalysts, and structure designability. 3 In academia, some successful applications of ILs as catalyst carriers have been reported in the asymmetric hydrogenations of α-enamides 4 or imines, 5 α- 6 or β-ketoesters, 4 g ,6 a ,7 simple ketones, 8 α,β-unsaturated ketones, 9 2-arylacrylic acids, 10 itaconate esters 4 g ,11 and acetyltrimethylsilane. 12 However, a large amount of carrier IL was routinely used, which led to the reduction of catalytic activity and stereoselectivity 4 a , c – g ,7 b , d – f ,10,13 and violated green chemistry practices, 14 hindering the practical application of ILs.…”