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MDPI, Molecules, 17(25), p. 3889, 2020

DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173889

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Recent Advances in Asymmetric Iron Catalysis

Journal article published in 2020 by Alessandra Casnati ORCID, Matteo Lanzi ORCID, Gianpiero Cera ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Asymmetric transition-metal catalysis represents a fascinating challenge in the field of organic chemistry research. Since seminal advances in the late 60s, which were finally recognized by the Nobel Prize to Noyori, Sharpless and Knowles in 2001, the scientific community explored several approaches to emulate nature in producing chiral organic molecules. In a scenario that has been for a long time dominated by the use of late-transition metals (TM) catalysts, the use of 3d-TMs and particularly iron has found, recently, a widespread application. Indeed, the low toxicity and the earth-abundancy of iron, along with its chemical versatility, allowed for the development of unprecedented and more sustainable catalytic transformations. While several competent reviews tried to provide a complete picture of the astounding advances achieved in this area, within this review we aimed to survey the latest achievements and new concepts brought in the field of enantioselective iron-catalyzed transformations.