Early history of asymmetric synthesis: who are the scientists who set up the basic principles and the first experiments?†
Abstract
The main classes of asymmetric synthesis are retrieved. Then the historical developments in the attempts to prepare enantiomerically enriched compounds are detailed. The conceptual and experimental contributions of the main pioneers from the time of Pasteur until the First World War have been addressed.
- This article is part of the themed collection: In honour of Didier Astruc
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