A long-standing problem in chemistry has been to find catalysts that allow molecules to distinguish between the two faces of reaction intermediates called carbocations. A way around the problem has been found. See Letter p.245
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Gaunt, M. Metals are not the only catalysts. Nature 470, 183–185 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470183a
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