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Abstract
Chiral polyoxometalates (POMs) have been a hot topic because of their potential applications in the fields of stereoselective catalysis, bio-simulation, sensing, nonlinear materials, and medicine. In view of the extensive work on chiral POMs, four parts are included in this review to give a broad overview on recent developments of chiral POMs: first, the synthetic strategy and molecular design of chiral POMs; second, research progress of chiral POMs including the structure chemistry, chiral resolution, and theoretical calculations; third, the bionic research of chiral POMs involving the studies of the chiral helix structures and bionic molecules. The final part shows the research outlook of chiral POMs including their applications in chiral catalysis and biomedical studies, which are the ultimate goals of chiral POMs investigations.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91027002/21001022/21131001); the Science and Technology Development Project Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 20100169); the Postdoctoral station Foundation of Ministry of Education (No. 20060200002); the Analysis and Testing Foundation of Northeast Normal University (NENU), and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University.
