title: Bile acids in asymmetric synthesis and chiral discrimination.
abstract: An overview on the use of bile acid-based compounds able to catalyze transformations, control the stereochemical course of a given reaction, recognize and bind other molecules, is presented. The recent developments in inclusion discrimination of chiral and achiral guests and enantioselective recognition achieved by bile acid are described with suitable examples.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università della Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy. o.bortolini@unical.it
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bortolini
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fantin
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fogagnolo
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006801:Humans; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012996:Solutions