@article {Dalko:2007:0009-4293:213,title = "Do We Need Asymmetric Organocatalysis?", journal = "CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry", parent_itemid = "infobike://scs/chimia", publishercode ="scs", year = "2007", volume = "61", number = "5", publication date ="2007-05-30T00:00:00", pages = "213-218", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0009-4293", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/scs/chimia/2007/00000061/00000005/art00002", doi = "doi:10.2533/chimia.2007.213", keyword = "BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS, ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS, HISTORY, CATALYSIS" abstract = "Asymmetric organocatalysis is a 'fast lane' of the chemical highway: the progress in the last decade is simply spectacular. This introductory article summarizes basic principles, historical background, and discusses basic catalyst classes and reaction types.", author = "Dalko, Peter I.", }