The front cover picture, provided by Tom&
aacute;s Martí
n a
nd co-workers illustrates a
new type of orga
nocatalyst based o
n sugar ami
no acids (SAA). These hybrid dipeptide-like orga
nocatalysts combi
ne two highly-modulable buildi
ng blocks: ami
no acids a
nd carbohydrates. The carbohydrate motif is embedded i
n the peptidic backbo
ne a
nd i
nduces a well-defi
ned co
nformatio
n that is respo
nsible for the reactivity a
nd stereoselectivity. Details ca
n be fou
nd i
n the commu
nicatio
n o
n pages 576&
ndash;583. (J. Borges-Go
nz&
aacute;lez, A. Feher-Voelger, F. P. Crisóstomo, E. Q. Morales, T. Martí
n,
Adv. Synth. Catal.
2017,
359, 576&
ndash;583; DOI:
nces:https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201601193">10.1002/adsc.201601193).