Recent advances in molybdenum catalyzed asymmetric organic transformations

Transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric organic transformations are powerful tools for the syntheses of chiral building blocks, bioactive molecules, and natural products. Compared with noble transition metals, the development of chiral catalytic systems based on non-noble transition metals is appealing due to their lower cost and ready availability. Among those, the molybdenum complexes are ideal candidates as chiral metal catalysts for catalytic asymmetric organic transformations because of their ready availability and versatile reactivity. The past decades have witnessed advances in the development of chiral Mo-complexes and their application in catalytic asymmetric organic transformations. This review article summarizes the development of several types of chiral Mo-complexes and highlights recent advances in Mo-catalyzed asymmetric organic transformations.