Switchable selectivity in an NHC-catalysed dearomatizing annulation reaction

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Switchable Reactions of Enals with Azoalkenes: Formal [4 + 3] and [4 + 1] Annulations for the Synthesis of 1,2-Diazepines and Pyrazoles

(2014) Chang Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Chemoselective Cross-Aza-Benzoin Reaction of Enals with Isatin-Derived Ketimines: Access to Chiral Quaternary Aminooxindoles

(2014) Jianfeng Xu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrroloindolones by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [2+3] Annulation of α-Chloroaldehydes with Nitrovinylindoles

(2013) Qijian Ni et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [4+3] Annulation of Enals ando-Quinone Methides: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Benzo-ε-Lactones

(2013) Hui Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Aza-Benzoin Reaction of Enals with Activated Ketimines

(2013) Li-Hui Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Annulation Reactions with Imidazolidinones

(2013) Elizabeth O'Bryan McCusker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Enantioselective Dearomatizing Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reactions ofN-Acyliminopyridinium Ylides with Electrophilic Enol Carbene Intermediates

(2013) Xinfang Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

(2013) Sarah J. Ryan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Asymmetric N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Addition of Enals to Nitroalkenes: Controlling Stereochemistry via the Homoenolate Reactivity Pathway To Access δ-Lactams

(2013) Nicholas A. White et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Dual Lewis Base Activation Strategy for Enantioselective Carbene-Catalyzed Annulations

(2013) Javier Izquierdo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

β-Carbon activation of saturated carboxylic esters through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

(2013) Zhenqian Fu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Exploiting Acyl and Enol Azolium Intermediates via N-Hetero- cyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions of α-Reducible Aldehydes

(2012) Harit U. Vora et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Umpolung by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Generation and Reactivity of the Elusive 2,2-Diamino Enols (Breslow Intermediates)

(2012) Albrecht Berkessel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Continuum of Progress: Applications of N-Hetereocyclic Carbene Catalysis in Total Synthesis

(2012) Javier Izquierdo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Enantioselective [3+3] Cycloaddition of Aromatic Azomethine Imines with Cyclopropanes Directed by π-π Stacking Interactions

(2012) You-Yun Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controlled β-protonation and [4+2] cycloaddition of enals and chalconesvia N-heterocyclic carbene/acid catalysis: toward substrate independent reaction control

(2012) Zhenqian Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

(2012) Xavier Bugaut et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Cascade Annulation of Enals and Benzodi(enone)s Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2011) Xinqiang Fang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Stetter Reactions of Enals and Modified Chalcones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2011) Xinqiang Fang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Asymmetric Synthesis oftrans-γ-Lactams

(2011) Xiaodan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Enals with Nitroalkenes: Enhancement of Catalytic Efficiency through Bifunctional Additives

(2011) Daniel A. DiRocco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

(2011) Daniel T. Cohen et al.   Chemical Science

Silver triflate and N-heterocyclic carbene co-catalyzed reaction of N′-(2-alkynylbenzylidene)hydrazide, methanol with α,β-unsaturated aldehyde

(2010) Zhiyuan Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Cooperative catalysis by carbenes and Lewis acids in a highly stereoselective route to γ-lactams

(2010) Dustin E. A. Raup et al.   Nature Chemistry

Organocatalytic cascade reactions as a new tool in total synthesis

(2010) Christoph Grondal et al.   Nature Chemistry

Chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed generation of ester enolate equivalents from  , -unsaturated aldehydes for enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions

(2010) J. Kaeobamrung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cyclic Ketimines as Superior Electrophiles for NHC-Catalyzed Homoenolate Additions with Broad Scope and Low Catalyst Loadings

(2008) Michael Rommel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Additions of Homoenolates to Nitrones Catalyzed byN-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2008) Eric M. Phillips et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tandem Michael Addition/Ylide Epoxidation for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Cyclohexadiene Epoxide Derivatives

(2008) Qing-Gang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The advent and development of organocatalysis

(2008) David W. C. MacMillan   NATURE

Indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids

(2007) Joseph P. Michael   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS