The advent and development of organocatalysis
Abstract
The use of small organic molecules as catalysts has been known for more than a century. But only in the past decade has organocatalysis become a thriving area of general concepts and widely applicable asymmetric reactions. Here I present my opinion on why the field of organocatalysis has blossomed so dramatically over the past decade.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- September 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nature07367
- Bibcode:
- 2008Natur.455..304M