Accessing pharmacophoric space via asymmetric protonation

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Asymmetric catalysis has revolutionized the way molecules are made and are essential to the continued production of myriad products from small bioactive molecules to materials and from small scale to manufacture. A number of these processes have become privileged, with their impact demonstrated from tonne-scale application to the Nobel Prize. Increased mechanistic understanding of catalytic reactions underpins improvements of existing processes while driving development of new methods. By interrogating reactivity and selectivity in a newly described reaction, this proposal aims to bring new understanding to the underpinning catalytic processes while providing methods for the preparation of novel and synthetically powerful architectures.Our preliminary studies using asymmetric protonation have recently been published and provide a solid foundation for the proposed work. A series of additional supporting proof-of-concept experiments in support of this proposal have also given strong confidence in being able to deliver upon the objectives and aims of this proposal.This proposal will comprehensively investigate this asymmetric protonation platform to allow predictability and the rational application of this chemistry as a method for the generation of scaffolds tailored towards application in Medicinal Chemistry, with specific applications within Chemical Development in collaboration with our industrial project partner.