A new type of recyclable chiral catalyst system was developed by absorption of pyrenemodified Pyrphos rhodium catalyst onto carbon nanotubes via p-p stacking interaction. This modified catalyst was successfully applied in the asymmetric hydrogenation of a-dehydroamino esters for nine cycles without obvious deterioration of activity and enantioselectivity.Keywords: absorption; asymmetric catalysis; carbon nanotube; catalyst recycling; pyrene Asymmetric catalysis is a powerful, economically feasible tool for the synthesis of optically active molecules that serve as precursors for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and flavorings, as well as functional materials. Many efficient, homogeneous chiral catalysts that exhibit high activities and enantioselectivities have been developed in the past few decades. [1] However, the considerable difficulty involved in separating these expensive chiral catalysts from products for reuse has restricted their applications in industrial processes.The immobilization of chiral catalysts on various insoluble solid supports such as inorganic materials, organic polymers, or membranes can solve the problems arising from homogeneous catalysis.[2] However, these "heterogenized" catalysts usually suffer from decreased catalytic activities and enantioselectivities due to restriction by the solid matrix, which limits mobility and accessibility of the active sites. Thus, chiral catalysts that combine the advantages of homogeneous catalysts (high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity) and heterogeneous catalysts (easy separation and convenient recycling of the catalyst from the reaction mixture) have become a focus of intense research in recent years. For example, Chan and co-workers reported the synthesis of a soluble polyester-supported BINAP ligand based on the concept of "one-phase catalysis and two-phase separation". This supported chiral ligand showed a higher activity than the corresponding "free" ligand in the Ru(II)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of a-(6-methoxyl-2-naphthyl)-A C H T U N G T R E N N U N G acrylic acid. [3] Recent advances such as thermomorphic catalyst systems, [4] dendritic catalysts, [5] magnetically recoverable catalysts, [6] and self-assembled supported catalysts [7] have provided interesting alternatives for recovering and reusing chiral catalysts. However, the sophisticated designs generally result in increased cost of the chiral catalyst and/or catalyst system. In this communication, we describe a very simple and efficient approach to recycle and reuse a chiral Rh(I)/diphosphine catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation via non-covalent absorption on carbon nanotubes (CNTs).Since their discovery in 1991, CNTs have attracted considerable attention because of their unique mechanical, electronic, and chemical stability properties.[8] These properties have made CNTs very promising nanomaterials for many applications in chemistry.[9] However, only a few applications of CNTs in catalytic asymmetric reactions have been reported. García and co-workers [10] util...