Proposed asymmetric synthesis approach (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Proposed asymmetric synthesis approach

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The addition of silver trifluoroacetate to a triphenylphosphine-protected CAuI6 cluster creates a chiral-at-carbon hexasilver(I)-alloyed tetragoldmethane (CAuI4AgI6) cluster through etching of two gold(I) atoms. Further, selective asymmetric synthesis can be achieved by utilizing homochiral carboxylate ligands.

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Professor Mitsuhiko Shionoya and Dr. Xiao-Li Pei from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, and Professor Masahiro Ehara from Institute for Molecular Science and SOKENDAI, Japan

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