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Catalysis: Raising the gold standard

Nature
DOI: 10.1038/449292a
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Gold is the current star of metal catalysis, but most gold catalysts cannot control which mirror-image version of a molecule forms during a reaction. The answer lies with the positive catalyst's negative counter-ion. ©2007 Nature Publishing Group.

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Hashmi, A. S. K. (2007, September 20). Catalysis: Raising the gold standard. Nature. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/449292a

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