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ArticleChem catalysis2025

Performance-enhancing asymmetric catalysis unlocks tuning without rebuilding.

Zihang Deng, Jeffrey N Johnston

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Article in Chem catalysis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Zihang DengDepartment of Chemistry and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235.ORCID 0000-0002-5377-7484
Jeffrey N JohnstonDepartment of Chemistry and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235.ORCID 0000-0002-0885-636X

Funding

New Stereoselective Reactions for Chiral Amine SynthesisR01GM084333 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSTON, JEFFREY NICHOLAS · 2009 to 2017
$2.2M
New Methods for Therapeutic DevelopmentR35GM156307 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey Nicholas Johnston · 2025 to 2026
$845k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084333NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM156307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Performance-Enhancing Asymmetric Catalysis (PEAC) is a new strategy for catalyst optimization. Rather than relying on the slow, resource- and time-intensive covalent modification of chiral ligands, this approach "tunes" a single ligand using a library of simple, achiral acids. The counterions produced upon ion pair formation perturbate the catalyst's chiral pocket through non-covalent interactions to significantly improve enantioselectivity. This method creates an adaptable chiral ligand system that is well-suited for rapid, high-throughput screening and catalyst discovery.

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PMID42016702
PMCPMC13095229

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