Asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction was achieved under achiral conditions. Reaction of
prochiral 2-methylfuran and N-phenylmaleimide in heptane or hexane solution at 80° C …

Circularly polarized light (CPL) is considered to be a true chiral entity and has been
suggested as an explanation for the introduction of initial chiral biases into key biomolecular …

We show that the unexpected chirality of aggregated structures based on an uncharged
achiral porphyrin system originates from small temperature gradients that act as an …

A novel method has been developed for the asymmetric cyclization of alkyl aryl ethers. The
reactions were assumed to proceed via short-lived chiral enolate intermediates with a chiral …

The asymmetric synthesis of an aspartic acid derivative, N‐succinopyridine, from prochiral
starting materials involving dynamic enantioselective crystallization was accomplished …

Besides asymmetric synthesis, crystallization has also been used widely from bench top to
manufacturing scale for the separation of enantiomers. The most widely used resolution …

A method for asymmetric α-arylation of α-amino acid derivatives via memory of chirality has
been developed. Addition of axially chiral enolates, generated from α-amino acid …

Irradiation of prochiral (E)‐aroylacrylamide with sunlight gave single‐handed pyrrolinone
quantitatively and with an enantiomeric excess (ee) of over 99% under absolutely achiral …

Optically active materials could be generated by simple solidification of achiral materials
without an external chiral source. When achiral cis-3, 4-diphenylsuccinimides were solidified …

In the present study, we show how, in a stagnant water solution of uncharged aggregated
achiral porphyrin-based molecules, a mirror-symmetry breaking (SB) can be induced and …