Novel Chiral Amines and Amides for Catalytic Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Chirality research is a fundamental theme in chemistry and biology and is expanding its importance and boundaries across several disciplines. Over the past few decades, enormous efforts from researchers around the globe have been dedicated to constructing various innovative chiral amines and amides from natural and synthetic sources for catalytic applications. The highly versatile chiral amines/amides are also applied as potent catalysts in various asymmetric organic reactions as well as effective active sites for some bioconversion systems with high enantioselectivities. Notably, the enantioselective synthesis of α-chiral amines and amides is also of current interest, owing to the evidence of subunits in chiral drugs, which are of particular importance in exhibiting different biological properties.

 In recent times, various meso- and nano-porous frameworks that act as hosts for the encapsulation of enantiopure organic chiral amines/amides as catalysts through acid-based interactions are also involved in diverse catalytic applications. In addition to novel chiral amines from different synthetic strategies, various porous frameworks, including but not limited to mesoporous silica-based materials, zeolite, and metal–organic frameworks, that encapsulate innovative functionalities with permanent porosity have also been considered.

The predominant focus of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the many aspects of new trends in the synthesis and usage of chiral amines, amides, chiral recognition, and chiral assembly as well as contributions on asymmetric synthesis and the emergence of chirality. In addition, recent advances on catalysis based on the development of diverse, novel chiral amines and amides and their composites with porous materials as hosts, including their synthetic strategies and plausible mechanistic elucidations, will also be included.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Asymmetric/green synthesis of novel chiral amines/amides;
• Heterogeneous catalytic systems for the synthesis of chiral amines/amides;
• Chiral amine/amide-based organocatalysts for asymmetric catalysis;
• Chiral amine/amide-encapsulated porous materials for catalytic applications;
• Chiral amine/amide function in bioconversion systems.

Prof. Dr. Dar-Fu Tai
Guest Editor
Dr. Chia-Hung Lee
Dr. Congzhi Zhu
Dr. Zhongzhe Wei
Co-Guest Editors

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• asymmetric synthesis
• heterogeneous catalysis
• green synthesis
• organic synthesis
• organocatalysts
• porous materials
• bioconversion