Chiral metal-organic assemblies - A new approach to immogbilizing homogeneous asymmetric catalysts

Beyond classical immobilized catalysts, metal-ligand polymers self-assembled through coordination are easily prepared, have a robust chiral structure, and display a high density of catalytically active units. These heterogeneous catalysts give excellent results for enantioselective reactions and can be recovered and recycled without significant loss of selectivity.