Amino Acid-Derived Ligands for Transition Metals: Catalysis via a Minimalist Interpretation of a Metalloprotein

摘要

Several other ligands constructed from various diamines and amino acids have also been prepared using the same methodol- ogy outlined above. The insertion of other transition metals and the examination of the catalytic activity of the resulting complexes are also in progress. Since these catalysts are formed easily in four steps from readily available chiral starting materials, it is anticipated that they will find widespread applications.