Research Highlights
Development of a new anionic phosphate catalyst ~ Merging structural chemistry and catalytic chemistry ~
A group of chemists led by Professor Takashi Ooi and Associate Professor Daisuke Uraguchi, has developed a new chiral anionic phosphate compound, which acts as an asymmetric catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation in high efficiency.
Image of the molecular structure and catalytic activity of the new phosphate ion
Journal Information:
This article "Molecular Design, Synthesis, and Asymmetric Catalysis of a Hexacoordinated Chiral Phosphate Ion" by Daisuke Uraguchi, Hitoshi Sasaki, Yuto Kimura, Takaki Ito, Takashi Ooi is published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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2018-02-21