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ReviewChemical reviews2025

Selective Noncovalent Catalysis with Small Molecules.

Marcus H Sak, Eric N Jacobsen

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Size and Polarizability as Design Principles for Stereoselective Catalysis.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marcus H SakDepartment of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5691-4459
Eric N JacobsenDepartment of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7952-3661

Funding

Development, Elucidation, and Application of New Principles in Stereoselective CatalysisR35GM149244 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI ERIC N JACOBSEN · 2023 to 2026
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In catalysis, selectivity reflects the energetic preference for the formation of a single product out of multiple possible reaction outcomes. The classic steric biasing approach in small-molecule catalysis employs steric destabilization of the undesired competing transition states to achieve energetic differentiation. In contrast, enzymes achieve high levels of rate acceleration and selectivity by accelerating the pathway leading to the major product, often through networks of attractive, stabilizing noncovalent interactions. This Review showcases selective noncovalent catalysis (NCC) with small organic molecules and transition-metal complexes. We collect and highlight examples whereby selectivity was documented experimentally to arise from selective stabilization of the transition state leading to the major product. We also showcase how synergistic experimental and computational investigations have enabled the elucidation of specific noncovalent interactions responsible for selective stabilization.

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PMID40373223
PMCPMC12476251

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