Abstract:Synthetic chemists have learned to mimic nature in using hydrogen bonds and other weak interactions to dictate the spatial arrangement of reaction substrates and to stabilize transition states to enable highly efficient and selective reactions. The activation of a catalyst molecule itself by hydrogen bonding networks, in order to control its catalytic activity to achieve desired reaction outcomes is much less explored in organic synthesis, despite being a common strategy in nature.Herein, we show our investiga… Show more
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