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Boron-Stereogenic Compounds: Synthetic Developments and Opportunities
Yonghong Guo,
Bing Zu,
Cadmus Du Chen,
Chuan He,
Yonghong Guo
Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002 China
Search for more papers by this authorBing Zu
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
Search for more papers by this authorCadmus Du Chen
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
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Chuan He
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorYonghong Guo,
Bing Zu,
Cadmus Du Chen,
Chuan He,
Yonghong Guo
Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002 China
Search for more papers by this authorBing Zu
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
Search for more papers by this authorCadmus Du Chen
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
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Chuan He
Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorComprehensive Summary
The 21st century has witnessed a continuous evolution in the development of boron-stereogenic chemistry. Since the 1990s, various innovations for the synthesis of tetracoordinate boron-stereogenic compounds, which exhibited great potential applications, have been demonstrated by synthetic chemists. This paper reviews the significant progress and recent advances towards the assembly of enantioenriched boron-stereogenic compounds, and hopes to shed light on new perspectives and inspire further research in this emerging field.
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