Ligands play a critical role in chemical synthesis, bonding with metal central atoms through coordination or covalent bonds. These interactions directly influence the chemical environment around the metal atoms, improving reaction conditions, catalytic activity, and conversion rates. Over the years, scientists have developed thousands of chiral ligands to meet the...
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Feng’s Ligand Enables Efficient Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Thiiranes via Asymmetric Cycloaddition
On February 26, 2022, the team led by Professor Feng Xiaoming and Professor Wu Yundong published their latest research in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. under the title:“Asymmetric Catalytic (2+1) Cycloaddition of Thioketones to Synthesize Tetrasubstituted Thiiranes.” In this study, the researchers employed Feng’s ligand to catalyze an asymmetric (2+1) cycloaddition between...
