#  The Jacobsen Lab opens a new frontier for asymmetric catalysis 

 





May 01, 2018

 

 

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####  The Lab's [new paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0042-1), published in Nature, describes a new design for a catalytic SN1 reaction

 An April 26, 2018 article in *Chemistry World* describes how the catalytic SN1 reaction tackles "one of the toughest organic chemistry challenges."

 [](https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/challenging-mirror-molecules-made-with-stereochemistry-destroying-reaction/3008953.article)

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