Dear Colleagues,

Asymmetric catalysis has emerged as a powerful tool in recent years. Numerous organo-catalyzed and metal-catalyzed enantioselective methods have been found to be promising approaches for generating high-value stereodefined compounds. Enantioenriched molecules attained via asymmetric transformation possess various functional groups, such as amino, cyano, azide, silyl, and boronate groups, which are used in the synthesis of many natural products and biologically and medicinally important molecules. Asymmetric boraylation, silylation, cyanation, and azidation are particularly attractive because they enable the synthesis of further target molecules. Asymmetric catalysis is remarkable for its stereodefined chemical synthesis, which has potential applications in medicinal chemistry.

In modern organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis has emerged as a particularly effective method for generating enantiomerically enriched molecules. Numerous transition metal-catalyzed enantioenriched chemical synthesis methods have emerged as promising approaches for generating high-value stereodefined compounds over the past few decades. Enantioenriched molecules via asymmetric transformation contain various functionalities such as amino, cyano, and boronate groups, which are used in the synthesis of many natural products, and biologically and medicinally important molecules. Asymmetric boraylation, silylation, cyanation, and azidation are particularly attractive because they enable for the synthesis of further target molecules.

Short reviews that reflect the state of research in asymmetric catalysis on the following topics are welcome for submission to this Special Issue on Recent Advances in Asymmetric Catalysis. Asymmetric borylation of alkenes, allenes, dienes and enynes, asymmetric silylation, asymmetric alkynylation, asymmetric cyanation, asymmetric trifluoromethylation, nickel catalyzed asymmetric multicomponent reaction, and iron-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation are all topics that we are interested in publishing research regarding.

Dr. Srimanta Manna
Guest Editor

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• asymmetric borylation
• asymmetric silylation
• asymmetric alkynylation
• asymmetric cyanation
• asymmetric trifluoromethylation