“…Nowadays, the use of tailor‐made AAs in the design of peptides/peptidomimetics with restricted number of conformations and precise positioning of the side chains in the χ‐space is a well‐established paradigm in the design of modern pharmaceuticals . Consequently, the current interest in chemistry of tailor‐made AAs and their analogs, in particular fluorine‐containing, sulfonic, and phosphonic derivatives, is at an all‐time high, exploring new structural ideas, functions, and bio‐properties. Consistent with our long‐standing interest in asymmetric synthesis of tailor‐made AAs and their nonlinear chiroptical properties, such as self‐disproportionation of enantiomers, we were actively contributing to the development of the Ni(II) complex chemistry of AA Schiff bases as a generalized methodology for preparation of various types of tailor‐made AAs (Scheme ) …”