Journal de protéomique et d'enzymologie

DNA Hybrid Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis

Soyoung Park

In today’s society, “hybrid” is the important concept for new developments and advances. For one example, hybrid cars, the combination of a gas engine and an electric motor, are running the road as the one of alternative vehicles for our environment. Similarly, in a scientific world, stereoselective hybrid catalysts combining the catalytic power of a metal complex with the exquisite chirality of a biomolecule have received attention as alternative tools for the synthesis of enatiomerically pure compounds. Considering the broad scope of transformations enabled by metal-catalyzed reactions and the vast diversity of natural and artificial biomolecules, this combination seems to be a very promising strategy.