# Tunable stereoselectivity in a wireless electrochemical microreactor using natural chiral ionic liquids

**Authors:** Sara Grecchi, Andrea Mezzetta, Lorenzo Guazzelli, Serena Arnaboldi

PMC · DOI: 10.1039/d5gc04756k · 2025-10-30

## TL;DR

A new wireless microreactor using natural chiral ionic liquids enables tunable enantioselective synthesis without catalysts.

## Contribution

A catalyst-free, wireless electrochemical microreactor using natural chiral ionic liquids enables dynamic stereocontrol.

## Key findings

- A single drop of natural chiral ionic liquid achieves >90% enantiomeric excess.
- Enantiomeric excess is modulated by an external electric field.
- The system offers a sustainable and tunable approach to asymmetric synthesis.

## Abstract

A single drop of a natural chiral ionic liquid (NCIL) serves as a wireless electrochemical microreactor for enantioselective synthesis. This system yields high selectivity (>90% ee) and demonstrates dynamic stereocontrol, where the enantiomeric excess is directly modulated by the external electric field. This catalyst-free strategy introduces a new paradigm for sustainable, tunable asymmetric reactions.

A green and sustainable enantioselective electrosynthesis strategy using a drop of naturally derived chiral ionic liquid, harnessed within a polypyrrole tube microreactor acting as an efficient wireless pump.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** toxicity (MESH:D064420), NCIL (MESH:D012893)
- **Chemicals:** amino acids (MESH:D000596), acetophenone (MESH:C038699), 4'-chloroacetophenone (MESH:C017838), nitrogen (MESH:D009584), AP (MESH:D000667), ketone (MESH:D007659), 2-acetylnaphthalene (MESH:C503376), metal (MESH:D008670), 2-acetylthiophene (MESH:C508419), acetophenones (MESH:D000098), citronellol (MESH:C007078), CILs (-), terpene (MESH:D013729), polymer (MESH:D011108), 4'-methoxyacetophenone (MESH:C046029), essential oils (MESH:D009822), carbon (MESH:D002244), heptane (MESH:D006536), water (MESH:D014867), Ppy (MESH:C067635), alkaloids (MESH:D000470), alcohol (MESH:D000438), H2 (MESH:D006859), propiophenone (MESH:D011427), silver (MESH:D012834), 1-phenyl-1-propanol (MESH:C007656), myrtenol (MESH:C534317)

## Figures

4 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12584937/full.md

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