Congratulations to the entire research team — Dr. Anousha Sohail, Dr. Wanmai Srisuwannano (CMU), Dr. Sopon Butcha (TU), Prof. Dr. Alexander Kuhn, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chularat Wattanakit, on our recent article in Accounts of Chemical Research, published as part of the special issue "Globalizing Electroorganic Synthesis". 

Title : Electrochemically Supported Asymmetric Synthesis on Chiral Encoded Pt and Pt−Ir Surfaces Summary

This Account reviews the team's work on chiral-encoded mesoporous metal surfaces produced by electrodeposition as a platform for asymmetric synthesis. Using lyotropic liquid-crystal templating and chiral molecular imprinting, Pt and Pt−Ir electrodes get built-in chiral recognition sites that enable ligand-free enantioselective transformations. These materials achieve up to 95% enantiomeric excess with excellent durability in both electrosynthesis and heterogeneous catalysis of pharmaceutically relevant compounds, and they operate in flow-based systems. The Account also covers ways to boost selectivity, such as pulsed electrosynthesis and self-assembled monolayer protection. It also describes self-propelled chiral metal microswimmers that combine motion with enantioselective catalysis. Together, these results establish chiral-imprinted metals as a versatile concept for sustainable asymmetric synthesis. Acknowledgments: This work was funded by the Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (grant no. FA2386-23-1-4015) and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) (e-ASIA JRP program, grant no. N11A690542). The project was also supported by CNRS through the IRP project ChiraChem, the French Academy of Sciences and the Institut Universitaire de France. S.B. acknowledges the Thammasat University Research Fund (Contract No. TUFT 014/2569). W.S. acknowledges the Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University.

Read the full paper : https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6c00499