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MinireviewChiral Auxiliaries as Emerging Tools for the Asymmetric Synthesis

of Octahedral Metal Complexes E. Meggers

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N-Heterocyclic CarbenesIn their Communication on page 771 ff., H. V. Huynh et al.report the first complexes of pyrazole-derived dicarbeneligands. Remote changes in the ligand topology four bondsaway from the carbon donor have substantial influences onthe nuclearity of the resulting complexes.

Dynamic PolymersChanging the amide connectivity in benzene-1,3,5-tricarbox-amides influences the solid-state behavior, self-assemblyand the degree of amplification of chirality of dynamic poly-mers as described by A. R. A. Palmans, E. W. Meijer et al.on page 810 ff. The molecular origin of the observed differ-ences is rationalized by DFT calculations, a powerful tool tounderstand in detail the nature of the aggregation in thesedynamic supramolecular polymers.

Octahedral Metal ComplexesIn the Minireview on page 752 ff. , E. Meggers discusses theneed to develop new methods for the stereocontrolled syn-thesis of octahedral metal complexes by using chiral auxilia-ries. Such new methods will enable researchers to exploitthe stereochemical richness of the octahedron, and will findapplications in a variety of fields, such as catalysis, materialsscience, and life sciences.

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