Enantioselective synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted trans-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans using a Brønsted base/thiourea bifunctional catalyst

Diastereo- and enantioselective construction of an indole-based 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran scaffold via catalytic asymmetric [3+2] cyclizations of quinone monoimides with 3-vinylindoles

(2016) Xiao-Xue Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Asymmetric Isothiourea-Catalysed Formal [3+2] Cycloadditions of Ammonium Enolates with Oxaziridines

(2015) Siobhan R. Smith et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective NHC-Catalyzed Redox [2+2] Cycloadditions with Perfluoroketones: A Route to Fluorinated Oxetanes

(2015) Alyn T. Davies et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rencent Advances in Asymmetric Michael Addition Catalyzed by Chiral Bifunctional Thioureas

(2015) Xuehui Hou et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Furans and Benzofurans with Iridium-Pyridine-Phosphinite Catalysts

(2014) Larissa Pauli et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Origin of the Enantioselectivity in Organocatalytic Michael Additions of β-Ketoamides to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls: A Combined Experimental, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study

(2014) Adrien Quintard et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Stereodivergent Organocatalytic Intramolecular Michael Addition/Lactonization for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Substituted Dihydrobenzofurans and Tetrahydrofurans

(2014) Dorine Belmessieri et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Intramolecular Aza-Spiroannulation onto Benzofurans Using Chiral Rhodium Catalysis

(2014) Yoshiharu Iwabuchi et al.   HETEROCYCLES

Synthesis and Characterization of Binary-Complex Models of Ureas and 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds: Deeper Insights into Reaction Mechanisms Using Snap-Shot Structural Analysis

(2014) Takumi Azuma et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Catalytic Enantioselective Cyclization/Cross-Coupling with Alkyl Electrophiles

(2014) Huan Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric synthesis of trans-dihydroarylfurans in a Friedel–Crafts/substitution domino reaction under squaramide catalysis

(2013) Carlos Jarava-Barrera et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bifunctional Primary Amine-Squaramide Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Michael Addition of Keto-enones: A Convenient Process to the Stereocontrolled Construction oftrans-Dihydrobenzofuran Skeletons

(2013) Yunting Liu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Sequential C–H Functionalization Reactions for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans

(2013) Hengbin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Telescoped Synthesis of Stereodefined Pyrrolidines

(2013) Dorine Belmessieri et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Anhydrides as α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium precursors: isothiourea-promoted catalytic asymmetric annulation processes

(2013) Emily R. T. Robinson et al.   Chemical Science

Isothiourea-mediated asymmetric Michael-lactonisation of trifluoromethylenones: a synthetic and mechanistic study

(2013) Louis C. Morrill et al.   Chemical Science

Ruthenium NHC Catalyzed Highly Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Benzofurans

(2012) Nuria Ortega et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dihydropyridones: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, N- to C-Sulfonyl Transfer, and Derivatizations

(2012) Carmen Simal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis, Stereochemistry, Structural Classification, and Chemical Reactivity of Natural Pterocarpans

(2012) Atul Goel et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Stereocontrolled Organocatalytic Strategy for the Synthesis of Optically Active 2,3-Disubstitutedcis-2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans

(2012) Jannie Christensen et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Enantioselective Synthesis of trans-Dihydrobenzofurans via Primary Amine-Thiourea Organocatalyzed Intramolecular Michael Addition

(2012) Aidang Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enantioselective Brønsted Base Catalysis with Chiral Cyclopropenimines

(2012) Jeffrey S. Bandar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Taming the Friedel-Crafts Reaction: Organocatalytic Approach to Optically Active 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans

(2011) Łukasz Albrecht et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Quantum Mechanical Investigations of Organocatalysis: Mechanisms, Reactivities, and Selectivities

(2011) Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enantioselective Intramolecular Crossed Rauhut-Currier Reactions through Cooperative Nucleophilic Activation and Hydrogen-Bonding Catalysis: Scope and Mechanistic Insight

(2011) Xu-Fan Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Nitro Compounds to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones: An Experimental and Computational Study

(2011) Rubén Manzano et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Organocatalytic Functionalization of Carboxylic Acids: Isothiourea-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Michael Addition−Lactonizations

(2011) Dorine Belmessieri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Neber Reaction for the Synthesis of 2H-Azirine Carboxylic Esters

(2011) Shota Sakamoto et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (−)-Variabilin and (−)-Glycinol

(2011) Michael A. Calter et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Desymmetrization of Cyclohexadienones via Asymmetric Michael Reaction Catalyzed by Cinchonine-Derived Urea

(2011) Qing Gu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Strategies for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans

(2011) Tom D. Sheppard   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric organocatalytic reactions by bifunctional amine-thioureas

(2011) Woon-Yew Siau et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Entropy-Controlled Catalytic Asymmetric 1,4-Type Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Phenols Using Conformationally Flexible Guanidine/Bisthiourea Organocatalyst

(2010) Yoshihiro Sohtome et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Development of Chiral Thiourea Catalysts and Its Application to Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions

(2010) Yoshiji Takemoto   CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN

Facile Domino Access to Chiral Bicyclo[3.2.1]octanes and Discovery of a New Catalytic Activation Mode

(2010) Bin Tan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Bifunctional Guanidine via an Amino Amide Skeleton for Asymmetric Michael Reactions of β-Ketoesters with Nitroolefins: A Concise Synthesis of Bicyclic β-Amino Acids

(2009) Zhipeng Yu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Anodic Oxidation and Organocatalysis: Direct Regio- and Stereoselective Access to meta-Substituted Anilines by α-Arylation of Aldehydes

(2009) Kim L. Jensen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

(Thio)urea organocatalysis—What can be learnt from anion recognition?

(2009) Zhiguo Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Enantioselective Intramolecular Michael Addition of Nitronates onto Conjugated Esters: Access to Cyclic γ-Amino Acids with up to Three Stereocenters

(2009) William J. Nodes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Recent Progress in the Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans

(2009) Ferruccio Bertolini et al.   ORGANIC PREPARATIONS AND PROCEDURES INTERNATIONAL

Asymmetric catalysis with bifunctional cinchona alkaloid-based urea and thiourea organocatalysts

(2008) Stephen J. Connon   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS