New methods for absolute asymmetric synthesis using circularly polarized light: The norbornadiene-quadricyclane system has been made to undergo a clean photo-reversible reaction. Simultaneous ...

More information: Hiromasa Goto et al, Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Polyisocyanides from Achiral Monomers with Living Polymerization in a Liquid Crystal Reaction Field, Macromolecules (2025).

In the past several decades, significant progress has been made in controlling molecular chirality, as evidenced by the several Nobel Prizes in chemistry awarded in this area, particularly for ...

Researchers at Leipzig University have developed a new process for reversing the polarity of chemical compounds, also known as umpolung, for the precise synthesis of pharmaceuticals.

Asymmetric catalysis is a type of catalysis in which a chiral catalyst directs the formation of a chiral compound such that formation of one particular stereoisomer is favoured. Since the catalyst ...

In the context of nanotechnology, chirality refers to the asymmetric arrangement of atoms or nanostructures ... can be used to direct the synthesis of chiral nanostructures. These ligands bind to the ...