2018 年 76 巻 8 号 p. 810-819
The desymmetrization of meso compounds is one of the most effective strategies for asymmetric synthesis. We introduce the current progress of this area, which covers the methods for (1) enzymatic acylation of meso-diols and the hydrolysis of meso-diesters, acylation, related reactions of meso-diols with organocatalysts and metal catalysts, (2) oxidation of meso-diols by enzymes, organocatalysts, and metal catalysts. The tandem reactions based on the desymmetrization of meso-diols is also included.