Racemic catalysis through asymmetric activation*
Koichi Mikami,** Toshinobu Korenaga, Yousuke Matsumoto, Makoto Ueki,
Masahiro Terada, and Satoru Matsukawa
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552,
Japan
Abstract: "Asymmetric activation" provides a general
strategy for the use of racemic catalysts not only with atropos but
also tropos ligands without enantiomer resolution.
* Lecture presented at the XIXth International Conference
on Organometallic Chemistry (XIX ICOMC) , Shanghai, China, 23-28 July
2000. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 205-376.
** Corresponding author
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