title: Desymmetrization catalyzed by transition-metal complexes: enantioselective formation of silicon-stereogenic silanes.
abstract: Prochiral silanes: recent work has demonstrated the powerful potential of enantioselective desymmetrization catalyzed by transition-metal complexes in the stereoselective formation of silicon-stereogenic silanes. These methods offer new possibilities for asymmetric synthesis of any functionalized chiral silanes that possess tetraorganosilicon stereocenters.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry, Hangzhou Normal University, PR China. liwenxu@hznu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Li-Wen
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Xu