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Nature 455, 304-308 (18 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature07367; Published online 17 September 2008
The advent and development of organocatalysis
David W. C. MacMillan1
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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.
- David W. C. MacMillan is at the Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, 116 Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA.
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