γ′-Selective Functionalization of Cyclic Enones: Construction of a Chiral Quaternary Carbon Center by [4+2] Cycloaddition/Retro-Mannich Reaction with 3-Substituted Maleimides

Explaining Anomalies in Enamine Catalysis: “Downstream Species” as a New Paradigm for Stereocontrol

(2016) Jordi Burés et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric catalytic formation of quaternary carbons by iminium ion trapping of radicals

(2016) John J. Murphy et al.   NATURE

Formal enantioselective synthesis of (−)-allosamizoline using chiral diamine-catalyzed asymmetric aziridination of cyclic enones

(2016) Tetsuhiro Nemoto et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Pushing the Limits of Aminocatalysis: Enantioselective Transformations of α-Branched β-Ketocarbonyls and Vinyl Ketones by Chiral Primary Amines

(2015) Long Zhang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters: Assembly of Key Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules

(2015) Yiyang Liu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Doubly Vinylogous Michael Addition of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactams to Dienones

(2015) Xiaodong Gu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Access to Multifunctionalized Norcamphor Scaffolds by Asymmetric Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reactions

(2015) Rasmus Mose et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A General, Scalable, Organocatalytic Nitro-Michael Addition to Enones: Enantioselective Access to All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

(2015) Xiaodong Gu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Formal [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Enones with Cyclic N-Sulfonylimines and Methylene Chromene for Chiral Spirocyclic Compounds

(2015) Jie Fei et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric [5+3] Formal Cycloadditions with Cyclic Enones through Cascade Dienamine-Dienamine Catalysis

(2014) Xiang Yin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Conjugate Addition of Alkenes to α,β-Enones

(2014) Lingyun Cui et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Remote Control of Axial Chirality: Aminocatalytic Desymmetrization of N-Arylmaleimides via Vinylogous Michael Addition

(2014) Nicola Di Iorio et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective palladium catalyzed conjugate additions of ortho-substituted arylboronic acids to β,β-disubstituted cyclic enones: total synthesis of herbertenediol, enokipodin A and enokipodin B

(2014) Jeffrey Buter et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Mechanism of Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ether Catalyzed Michael Addition Revisited-but Still Controversial

(2013) Christina Moberg   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Control of Remote Stereochemistry in the Synthesis of Spirocyclic Oxindoles: Vinylogous Organocascade Catalysis

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

Improved Synthesis of Cyclic Tertiary Allylic Alcohols by Asymmetric 1,2-Addition of AlMe3to Enones

(2013) Andreas Kolb et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Cross-Cascade Reactions of Different Enones

(2013) Huicai Huang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Formal Aza-Diels–Alder Reactions of Enones with Cyclic Imines Catalyzed by Primary Aminothioureas

(2013) Mathieu P. Lalonde et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Chiral Hydropyridazines via Conjugate Addition of N-Monosubstituted Hydrazones to Enones

(2013) Wenbin Wu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Aminocatalytic Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reactions via HOMO Activation

(2012) Jun-Long Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric Intramolecular Oxa-Michael Reactions of Cyclohexadienones Catalyzed by a Primary Amine Salt

(2012) Wenbin Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Quaternary Proline Derivatives by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of α-Silylimines

(2012) Jorge Hernández-Toribio et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric construction of spirocyclohexanonerhodanines catalyzed by simple diamine derived from chiral tert-leucine

(2012) Wenbin Wu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Applications of asymmetric organocatalysis in medicinal chemistry

(2012) José Alemán et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stereodivergence in Amine-Catalyzed Regioselective [4 + 2] Cycloadditions of β-Substituted Cyclic Enones and Polyconjugated Malononitriles

(2012) Xin Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Curtin–Hammett Paradigm for Stereocontrol in Organocatalysis by Diarylprolinol Ether Catalysts

(2012) Jordi Burés et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Approach toward Chiral Cyclohex-2-enones from Anisoles via an Enantioselective Isomerization by a New Chiral Diamine Catalyst

(2012) Jung Hwa Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Michael Addition of Substituted Rhodanines to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Bulky Primary Amines

(2012) Feng Yu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Vinylogous Aldol Reaction via H-Bond-Directing Dienamine Catalysis

(2012) David Bastida et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of 5-Substituted 3-Pyrrolidin-2-ones: Vinylogous Michael Addition under Multifunctional Catalysis

(2011) Huicai Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reactions Catalysed by Supramolecular Self-Assemblies Formed from Chiral Amines and Poly(alkene glycol)s

(2011) Ai-Bao Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Dienamine Catalysis: An Emerging Technology in Organic Synthesis

(2011) Dhevalapally B. Ramachary et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Mechanistic Rationalization of Organocatalyzed Conjugate Addition of Linear Aldehydes to Nitro-olefins

(2011) Jordi Burés et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Organocatalytic Monofluorovinylations

(2011) Christian Borch Jacobsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effect of High Pressure on the Organocatalytic Asymmetric Michael Reaction: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of γ-Nitroketones with Quaternary Stereogenic Centers

(2011) Piotr Kwiatkowski et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

An Organocatalytic, δ-Regioselective, and Highly Enantioselective Nucleophilic Substitution of Cyclic Morita-Baylis-Hillman Alcohols with Indoles

(2010) Zhen Qiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multicomponent asymmetric reactions mediated by proline lithium salt

(2010) Polyssena Renzi et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Highly Enantioselective Diels−Alder Reactions of Maleimides Catalyzed by Activated Chiral Oxazaborolidines

(2010) Santanu Mukherjee et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct asymmetric vinylogous Michael addition of cyclic enones to nitroalkenes via dienamine catalysis

(2010) G. Bencivenni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trends in Organocatalytic Conjugate Addition to Enones: An Efficient Approach to Optically Active Alkynyl, Alkenyl, and Ketone Products

(2009) Márcio Weber Paixão et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In Situ Enamine Activation in Aqueous Salt Solutions: Highly Efficient Asymmetric Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reaction of Cyclohexenones with Nitroolefins

(2009) Dan-Qian Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Targeting Structural and Stereochemical Complexity by Organocascade Catalysis: Construction of Spirocyclic Oxindoles Having Multiple Stereocenters

(2009) Giorgio Bencivenni et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalysis—after the gold rush

(2009) Søren Bertelsen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of Enones

(2008) Fabio Pesciaioli et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric multifunctional organocatalytic Michael addition of nitroalkanes to α,β-unsaturated ketones

(2008) Pengfei Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Cyclic Enones

(2008) Xingwang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The advent and development of organocatalysis

(2008) David W. C. MacMillan   NATURE