Hybrid catalyst with high enantiomer selectivity

(Hokkaido University) A group of Japanese researchers has developed a technology to create a hybrid catalyst from simple-structured, commercially available rhodium and organic catalysts, which reduces chemical waste and produces molecules with high selectivity of an enantiomer, a pair of molecular structures that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other. This technology is expected to assist in rapid and low-cost drug synthesis.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news