Houk K N, Cheong Paul Ha-Yeon
University of California, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Nature. 2008 Sep 18;455(7211):309-13. doi: 10.1038/nature07368.
Most organic and organometallic catalysts have been discovered through serendipity or trial and error, rather than by rational design. Computational methods, however, are rapidly becoming a versatile tool for understanding and predicting the roles of such catalysts in asymmetric reactions. Such methods should now be regarded as a first line of attack in the design of catalysts.
大多数有机和有机金属催化剂是通过偶然发现或反复试验而被发现的,而非通过合理设计。然而,计算方法正迅速成为理解和预测此类催化剂在不对称反应中作用的通用工具。现在,此类方法应被视为催化剂设计中的首要手段。