title: From the design of a chiral Lewis acid catalyst to metal-catalyzed coupling reactions.
abstract: In this perspective, I describe my group's nonobvious path from an interest in chiral Lewis acid catalysis to a project focused on the development of new palladium and nickel catalysts for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. gcf@mit.edu
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D001896:Boron Compounds; D008670:Metals; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010165:Palladium; D002244:Carbon; D009532:Nickel