Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors

J Sheng, DRS Pooler, BL Feringa - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chirality is a fundamental property which plays a major role in chemistry, physics, biological
systems and materials science. Chiroptical artificial molecular motors (AMMs) are a class of …

Making chiral salen complexes work with organocatalysts

YC Yuan, M Mellah, E Schulz, ORP David - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bisimine derivatives of salicylaldehyde with chiral diamines (salens) are privileged ligands
in asymmetric organometallic catalysis, which can be used in cooperation with …

Addition and correction to complete field guide to asymmetric BINOL-phosphate derived Brønsted acid and metal catalysis: History and classification by mode of …

D Parmar, E Sugiono, S Raja, M Rueping - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Figure 73: The proposed catalyst/substrate interaction shown in Figure 73 corresponds to
the related sulfoxidation catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acid PA 5 (ref 133). Please note that …

Absolute configurations of synthetic molecular scaffolds from vibrational CD spectroscopy

C Merten, TP Golub, NM Kreienborg - The Journal of organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy is one of the most powerful techniques for
the determination of absolute configurations (AC), as it does not require any specific UV/vis …

Modelling solute–solvent interactions in VCD spectra analysis with the micro-solvation approach

C Merten - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy has become an important part of the
(stereo-) chemists' toolbox as a reliable method for the determination of absolute …

Chiral crystal packing induces enhancement of vibrational circular dichroism

S Jähnigen, A Scherrer, R Vuilleumier… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate that molecular vibrations with originally low or zero intensity in a vibrational
circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum attain chirality in molecular crystals by coordinated …

Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Photoredox Catalysis for Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization under Light Control

Z Yang, Y Liao, Z Zhang, J Chen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
By virtue of noninvasive regulations by light, photocontrolled polymerizations have attracted
considerable attention for the precision synthesis of macromolecules. However, a cationic …

Vibrational optical activity as probe for intermolecular interactions

C Merten - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A main focus of physical chemistry and related disciplines targets a detailed and
fundamental characterization of intermolecular interactions. Interests are manifold and range …

Asymmetric latent carbocation catalysis with chiral trityl phosphate

J Lv, Q Zhang, X Zhong, S Luo - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Stable carbocations such as tritylium ions have been widely explored as organic Lewis acid
catalysts and reagents in organic synthesis. However, achieving asymmetric carbocation …

Vibrational circular dichroism from ab initio molecular dynamics and nuclear velocity perturbation theory in the liquid phase

A Scherrer, R Vuilleumier, D Sebastiani - The Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report the first fully ab initio calculation of dynamical vibrational circular dichroism
spectra in the liquid phase using nuclear velocity perturbation theory (NVPT) derived …