Supplements

Small-molecule catalysis

Vol. 455, No. 7211 pp 303–349

In this supplement

• Editorial
• Commentaries
• Reviews

Small-molecule catalysts are vital for countless chemical reactions. The development of these catalysts, which include transition-metal complexes and small organic molecules, is being stimulated by insights into the mechanisms of existing small-molecule catalysts, by advances in computational chemistry, and by inspiration drawn from enzymes and from the challenges of making natural products.

Editorial

Small-molecule catalysis free access

Andrew Mitchinson & Joshua Finkelstein

doi:10.1038/455303a

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Commentaries

The advent and development of organocatalysis

David W. C. MacMillan

doi:10.1038/nature07367

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Computational prediction of small-molecule catalysts

K. N. Houk & Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong

doi:10.1038/nature07368

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Reviews

Carbon–heteroatom bond formation catalysed by organometallic complexes

John F. Hartwig

doi:10.1038/nature07369

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Natural products as inspiration for the development of asymmetric catalysis

Justin T. Mohr, Michael R. Krout & Brian M. Stoltz

doi:10.1038/nature07370

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Biologically inspired oxidation catalysis

Lawrence Que Jr & William B. Tolman

doi:10.1038/nature07371

Abstract | Full Text | PDF (319KB)

Towards uranium catalysts

Alexander R. Fox, Suzanne C. Bart, Karsten Meyer & Christopher C. Cummins

doi:10.1038/nature07372

Abstract | Full Text | PDF (319KB)