New Insights in Asymmetric Organocatalysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 393
Special Issue Editor
Interests: asymmetric catalysis; biological properties; cinchona; computational calculations; hydrogen bond; mechanistic studies; natural products; organic synthesis; phase transfer catalysts; squaramides; (thio)ureas
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Dear Colleagues,
Asymmetric organocatalysis has become a powerful and complementary tool in the catalytic, synthetic, and mechanistic world. In the last two decades, asymmetric organocatalysis has emerged as an efficient solution for the rapid and stereoselective synthesis of chiral chemical entities, due to its broad spectrum of activation possibilities. An organocatalyst is a metal-free, small organic molecule that activates one of the substrates by the formation of covalent or noncovalent interactions. These options have allowed an amazing number of developed processes, new catalytic systems, as well as new interesting applications of the final catalysts and final obtained products. The use of organocatalysts provides an environmentally friendly access to chiral or biologically active targets, such as many drugs and bioactive natural products. In this Special Issue, “New Insights in Asymmetric Organocatalysis”, the last outcomes reached by experts in this field will be covered and reported.
Prof. Dr. Raquel P. Herrera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Organocatalyst
- Covalent catalysis
- Phase transfer catalysis
- H-bond catalysis
- Asymmetric
- Synergistic
- Dual catalysis
- Chiral amines
- Cinchona alkaloids
- Quaternary ammonium salt
