The advent and development of organocatalysis

David W.C. MacMillan

doi:10.1038/nature07367

The advent and development of organocatalysis

David W.C. MacMillan

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	304-308
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature
Volume	455
Issue number	7211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07367
State	Published - Sep 18 2008

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