Catalysis for Chiral Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Synthetic chemistry has revolutionized every facet of human life and driven global progress through its extraordinary ability to construct diverse functional groups and architecturally complex molecular frameworks. Notably, chirality—an inherent feature of nature—has evolved as a fundamental principle in biological systems, dominating the structural landscape of natural products. While traditional synthetic approaches have long been constrained to generating racemic mixtures, asymmetric chemistry has emerged as the cornerstone of chiral synthesis, leveraging the economic efficiency, operational simplicity, and exquisite selectivity of catalytic processes. By enabling the production of enantiomerically enriched molecules from minimal chiral catalysts, this field has reshaped the paradigm of modern synthesis. As such, the development of innovative chiral catalytic strategies remains central to advancing both asymmetric catalysis and synthetic methodology.
This Special Issue aims to gather original research articles and comprehensive review papers spanning all domains of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis in asymmetric chemistry. We invite contributions focusing on metal catalysis, organocatalysis, photocatalysis, biocatalysis, and related cutting-edge approaches that push the boundaries of chiral synthesis.
Dr. Zhanming Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- asymmetric synthesis
- chiral catalyst
- metal catalysis
- organocatalysis
- photocatalysis
- heterogeneous catalysis
- homogeneous catalysis
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