A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

The activation of a substrate by a chiral catalyst is now regarded as one of the most powerful
strategies that can be employed in the art of asymmetric synthesis. 1 The development of …

Synergistic catalysis, a type of plural catalysis which utilizes at least two different catalysts to
enable a reaction between two separately activated substrates, has unlocked a plethora of …

The catalyst-directed divergent synthesis, commonly termed as “divergent catalysis”, has
emerged as a promising technique as it allows chartering of structurally distinct products …

As two coexisting and fast-growing research fields in modern synthetic chemistry, the
merging of organocatalysis and C–H bond functionalization is well foreseeable, and the joint …

Multicatalysis is an emerging field targeting the development of efficient catalytic
transformations to quickly convert relatively simple starting materials into more complex …

Gold complexes have emerged as the catalysts of choice for various functionalization
reactions of C–C multiple bonds due to their inherent carbophilic nature. In a parallel space …

The cooperation and interplay between organic and metal catalyst systems is of utmost
importance in nature and chemical synthesis. Here innovative and selective cooperative …

The combination of transition metal catalysis and organocatalysis as a new and exciting
research area has attracted increasing attention as it can enable the development of …

Conspectus Asymmetric catalysis has been considered to be the most intriguing means for
building collections of functionalized optically active compounds. In particular, metal and …