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Cover Picture: Hydrogen‐Bonding in Aminocatalysis: From Proline and Beyond (Chem. Eur. J. 2/2014)
Author(s) -
Albrecht Łukasz,
Jiang Hao,
Jørgensen Karl Anker
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490004
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , hydrogen bond , chemistry , polymer science , nanotechnology , materials science , crystallography , molecule , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering
“The magic touch!” The sphere in the middle of the picture symbolizes the hydrogen atom, the element that plays a central role in hydrogen‐bonding aminocatalysis. Two hands are very significant and refer to the topic of chirality, which lies at the heart of asymmetric synthesis. The lightning formed by the hands touching the sphere manifests hydrogen‐bonding, thus enabling efficient chirality transfer, as found in many reactions described in the Concept article by K. A. Jørgensen et al. on page 340 ff.