The goal of the Editor’s Choice Articles project is to promote high-quality articles published in the “Chemistry and Symmetry/Asymmetry” Section in Symmetry (ISSN: 2073-8994). Please find below the list of articles carefully handpicked by the scientific editors of the journal, which we believe will be of interest to you.

1. “Functional Chirality: From Small Molecules to Supramolecular Assemblies”
by Alaa Adawy
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 292; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020292
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/292

2. “Impact of Molecular Symmetry/Asymmetry on Insulin-Sensitizing Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes”
by Jessica Georgina Filisola-Villaseñor, María E. Aranda-Barradas, Susana Patricia Miranda-Castro, Jessica Elena Mendieta-Wejebe, Amaranta Sarai Valdez Guerrero, Selene Amasis Guillen Castro, Macario Martínez Castillo, Feliciano Tamay-Cach and Samuel Álvarez-Almazán
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1240; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061240
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1240

3. “Chirality in Organic and Mineral Systems: A Review of Reactivity and Alteration Processes Relevant to Prebiotic Chemistry and Life Detection Missions”
by Carina Lee, Jessica M. Weber, Laura E. Rodriguez, Rachel Y. Sheppard, Laura M. Barge, Eve L. Berger and Aaron S. Burton
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 460; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030460
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/3/460

4. “How Symmetry Influences the Dissociation of Protonated Cyclic Peptides”
by Ariel F. Pérez-Mellor, Riccardo Spezia and Anne Zehnacker
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 679; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040679
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/679

5. “Evolution of Microstructure, Texture and Corrosion Properties of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Alloy Subjected to Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP)”
by Przemysław Snopiński, Anna Woźniak, Dariusz Łukowiec, Krzysztof Matus, Tomasz Tański, Stanislav Rusz and Ondřej Hilšer
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040674
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/674

6. “Recent Progress of Squaraine-Based Fluorescent Materials and Their Biomedical Applications”
by Weiguo Qiao and Zhong’an Li
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 966; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050966
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/966

7. “Homochiral or Heterochiral: A Systematic Study of Threonine Clusters Using a FT ICR Mass Spectrometer”
by Luyang Jiao, Mengying Du, Yameng Hou, Yuan Ma and Xianglei Kong
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010086
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/86

8. “Symmetry Constraints on Spin Order Transfer in Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization (PHIP)”
by Andrey N. Pravdivtsev, Danila A. Barskiy, Jan-Bernd Hövener and Igor V. Koptyug
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030530
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/3/530

9. “Lamellar Tetragonal Symmetry of Amphiphilic Thermotropic Ionic Liquid Crystals in the Framework of Other Closely Related Highly Ordered Structures”
by Michael Arkas, Marilina Douloudi, Michail Vardavoulias and Theodora Katsika
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/394

10. “Analysis of Electro-Optical Behavior in Liquid Crystal Cells with Asymmetric Anchoring Strength”
by Rumiko Yamaguchi
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010085
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/85

11. “Attaching Onto or Inserting Into an Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond: Exploring and Controlling a Chirality-Dependent Dilemma for Alcohols”
by Manuel Lange, Elisabeth Sennert and Martin A. Suhm
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 357; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020357
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/357

12. “MCD and Induced CD of a Tetraphenoxyperylene-Based Dye in Chiral Solvents: An Experimental and Computational Study”
by Simone Ghidinelli, Marco Fusè, Giuseppe Mazzeo, Sergio Abbate and Giovanna Longhi
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1108; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061108
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1108

13. “Interface Asymmetry Induced and Surface Pressure Controlled Valence Tautomerism in Monolayers of bis-Phthalocyaninates of Lanthanides”
by Daria S. Kutsybala, Alexander V. Shokurov, Alexander G. Martynov, Alexey V. Yagodin, Vladimir V. Arslanov, Yulia G. Gorbunova and Sofiya L. Selektor
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 340; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020340
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/340

14. “Crystal Structure of Chiral Drug Prenalterol and Its Precursor Prone to Spontaneous Resolution”
by Alexander A. Bredikhin, Robert R. Fayzullin and Zemfira A. Bredikhina
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1150; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1150

15. “Energetic and Geometric Characteristics of Substituents, Part 3: The Case of NO₂ and NH₂ Groups in Their Mono-Substituted Derivatives of Six-Membered Heterocycles”
by Paweł A. Wieczorkiewicz, Halina Szatylowicz and Tadeusz M. Krygowski
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010145
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/145

We would like to thank all the research groups that authored these exceptional papers for their contribution. We sincerely hope you find these articles of Symmetry as useful and insightful as we have found them.