关键词: 有机电合成, 不对称催化, 对映选择性, 过渡金属催化, 有机催化

Asymmetric synthesis is one of the most important and valuable frontiers in exploratory research of synthetic organic chemistry. With the renaissance and vigorous development of organic electrochemistry in recent years, combining electrochemical organic synthesis and asymmetric catalytic strategies can be used to expand the reaction types, activation modes, bond formation systems, and substrate adaptability of asymmetric catalysis using the benefits of organic electrochemistry, which brought new opportunities for the asymmetric transformation that is difficult or impossible to be achieved by traditional methods. Thus, the development of novel, efficient, precise and sustainable electrochemical asymmetric catalytic strategies under mild and eco-friendly conditions is of great research significance. Although there are many advantages and key advances in asymmetric electrocatalysis, major challenges remain. Until now, relatively few examples of asymmetric electrochemical transformations with high enantioselectivity have been reported. In recent years, scholars in the field of organic chemistry around the world have carried out a series of original works in the field of asymmetric electro- chemical catalysis, and achieved remarkable results. The theoretical innovation, technical breakthrough, and difficult challenges in asymmetric electrochemical synthesis in recent decades are summarized. Examples of enantioselective electro-organic synthesis using transition metal catalysts, organocatalysts, biological enzyme catalysts, chemically modified chiral electrodes, chiral electrolytes, chiral solvents and chiral auxiliaries are discussed, along with their related reaction machanistic aspects. Finally, perspectives on this cutting-edge area are also briefly discussed.

Key words: organic electrosynthesis, asymmetric catalysis, enantioselectivity, transition-metal catalysis, organocatalysis