Noncovalently introducing stereogenic information is a promising approach to embed chirality in achiral molecular systems. However, the interplay of the noncovalently introduced chirality with the intrinsic chirality of molecules or molecular aggregations has rarely been addressed. We report a competitive chiral expression of the noncovalent interaction-mediated chirality induction and the intr...

An enantioselective cooperative catalysis protocol, utilizing achiral Au(I) complexes and chiral Brønsted acids, has been developed for the synthesis of optically pure fused 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines starting from 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes and 2-aminobenzamides.

A hetero-stranded double helix with a controlled helix sense was designed and synthesized from an optically active dimeric amidine and its complementary achiral dicarboxylic acid strand with conjugated m-diethynylbenzene backbones, being stabilized by the salt bridges.

An achiral molecular square and a chiral chain composed of cyanide bridged Fe(III) and Ni(II) ions were prepared, and they act as a single molecule magnet and a chiral single chain magnet, respectively.

Upon complexation of a rectangular-shaped achiral macrocyclic host with chiral guests, twisting deformation occurs to induce exciton-type bisignated CD, whereas a chiral rectangular host undergoes a similar structural change only with the matching enantiomer of a chiral guest.

Two light-driven molecular switches with tetrahedral and axial chirality were synthesized, which can induce a helical superstructure in an achiral liquid crystal host and dynamically phototune it to achieve reversible reflection color.

Symmetric breaking of silver double helicates through spontaneous crystallization was achieved via incorporation of C-H...pi and pi-pi stacking interactions of achiral ligands consisting of several aromatic rings.

The macromolecular helicity of charged poly(phenylacetylene)s induced by small chiral guests in water can be retained by the alternative deposition of achiral polyelectrolytes with opposite charges, resulting in optically active multilayer thin films with a macromolecular helicity memory.

Achiral meteoritic amino acids, glycine and alpha-methylalanine, with hydrogen isotope (D/H) chirality, acted as the source of chirality in asymmetric autocatalysis with amplification of ee to afford highly enantioenriched 5-pyrimidyl alkanols.

A Brønsted acid differentiated metal catalyzed hydrogenation has been developed. A combinatorial variation of chiral triflylamides with achiral metal complexes results in a highly active catalyst for the asymmetric reduction.