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Nature 449, 292-293 (20 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449292a; Published online 19 September 2007
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Catalysis: Raising the gold standard
A. Stephen K. Hashmi1
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Gold is the current star of metal catalysis, but most gold catalysts cannot control which mirror-image version of a molecule forms during a reaction. The answer lies with the positive catalyst's negative counter-ion.
Catalysts are crucial to almost every area of chemistry, often enabling reactions to occur that would otherwise be impossible. Even better, some catalysts can control molecular chirality — they determine which of two mirror-image versions a reaction product will take.
- A. Stephen K. Hashmi is at the Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Email: hashmi@hashmi.de
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