Direct observation of enantioselective cooperativity at trimetallic centers

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Jian Gao1, Ralph A. Zingaro2, Joe H. Reibenspies2, and Arthur E Martell2. (1) Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, (2) Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77842
High enantioselective cooperativities in the catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions was directly observed on a family of conceptually novel chiral multinuclear complex catalysts.