Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis

Brønsted Acid Activation Strategy in Transition-Metal Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Unprotected Imines, Enamines, and N-Heteroaromatic Compounds

(2012) Zhengkun Yu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Activation of H2O2 by Chiral Confined Brønsted Acids: A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Sulfoxidation

(2012) Saihu Liao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Enantioselective Electrophilic α-Bromination of Enecarbamates: Chiral Phosphoric Acid and Calcium Phosphate Salt Catalysts

(2012) Aurélien Alix et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Fluorination of Enamides: Access to α-Fluoroimines Using an Anionic Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalyst

(2012) Robert J. Phipps et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric spiroacetalization catalysed by confined Brønsted acids

(2012) Ilija Čorić et al.   NATURE

The progression of chiral anions from concepts to applications in asymmetric catalysis

(2012) Robert J. Phipps et al.   Nature Chemistry

Ion-paired chiral ligands for asymmetric palladium catalysis

(2012) Kohsuke Ohmatsu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Kinetic Resolution of Amines via Dual Catalysis: Remarkable Dependence of Selectivity on the Achiral Cocatalyst

(2012) Nisha Mittal et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective C-H Crotylation of Primary Alcohols via Hydrohydroxyalkylation of Butadiene

(2012) J. R. Zbieg et al.   SCIENCE

Modulating the Acidity: Highly Acidic Brønsted Acids in Asymmetric Catalysis

(2011) Magnus Rueping et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Highly Enantioselective Overman Rearrangement through Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Palladium Catalysis

(2011) Gaoxi Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Brønsted Acid Catalysis: Hydrogen Bonding versus Ion Pairing in Imine Activation

(2011) Matthias Fleischmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Asymmetric α-Allylation of Aldehydes with Simple Allylic Alcohols Enabled by the Concerted Action of Three Different Catalysts

(2011) Gaoxi Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective N-H Functionalization of Indoles with α,β-Unsaturated γ-Lactams Catalyzed by Chiral Brønsted Acids

(2011) Yinjun Xie et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalyzed Enantioselective Fluorocyclizations

(2011) Oscar Lozano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Pictet-Spengler Reaction in Nature and in Organic Chemistry

(2011) Joachim Stöckigt et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective hydrovinylation via asymmetric counteranion-directed ruthenium catalysis

(2011) Gaoxi Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

pKa Values of Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts: Phosphoric Acids/Amides, Sulfonyl/Sulfuryl Imides, and Perfluorinated TADDOLs (TEFDDOLs)

(2011) Philipp Christ et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Deconstructing Quinine. Part 1. Toward an Understanding of the Remarkable Performance of Cinchona Alkaloids in Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysis

(2011) Scott E. Denmark   HETEROCYCLES

A Model for the Enantioselectivity of Imine Reactions Catalyzed by BINOL−Phosphoric Acid Catalysts

(2011) Luis Simón et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Dual-Catalysis Approach to the Asymmetric Steglich Rearrangement and Catalytic Enantioselective Addition ofO-Acylated Azlactones to Isoquinolines

(2011) Chandra Kanta De et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrization ofmeso-Diamines: A Dual Small-Molecule Catalysis Approach

(2011) Chandra Kanta De et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anion Receptors Composed of Hydrogen- and Halogen-Bond Donor Groups: Modulating Selectivity With Combinations of Distinct Noncovalent Interactions

(2011) Michael G. Chudzinski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dual Catalysis in Enantioselective Oxidopyrylium-Based [5 + 2] Cycloadditions

(2011) Noah Z. Burns et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Furans by a Copper(II)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization–Indole Addition Reaction

(2011) Vivek Rauniyar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral Organic Contact Ion Pairs in Metal-Free Catalytic Asymmetric Allylic Substitutions

(2011) Magnus Rueping et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral 1,2,3-Triazoliums as New Cationic Organic Catalysts with Anion-Recognition Ability: Application to Asymmetric Alkylation of Oxindoles

(2011) Kohsuke Ohmatsu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals through Fluoride Anion-Binding Catalysis

(2011) James A. Birrell et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Dual-Catalysis/Anion-Binding Approach to the Kinetic Resolution of Allylic Amines

(2011) Eric G. Klauber et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective Haloetherification by Asymmetric Opening ofmeso-Halonium Ions

(2011) Ulrich Hennecke et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Iso-Pictet–Spengler Reactions

(2011) Yunmi Lee et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective Bromocycloetherification by Lewis Base/Chiral Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis

(2011) Scott E. Denmark et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective Bromocyclization of Olefins Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acid

(2011) Deshun Huang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Electrophilic Fluorination Using an Anionic Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalyst

(2011) V. Rauniyar et al.   SCIENCE

A Chiral-Anion Generator: Application to Catalytic Desilylative Kinetic Resolution of Silyl-Protected Secondary Alcohols

(2010) Hailong Yan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tertiary Aminourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Iodolactonization

(2010) Gemma E. Veitch et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Disulfonimide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Vinylogous and Bisvinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions

(2010) Lars Ratjen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Pinacol Rearrangement

(2010) Tao Liang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cooperative Organocatalysis for the Asymmetric γ Alkylation of α-Branched Enals

(2010) Giulia Bergonzini et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

De novo structure-based design of anion receptors

(2010) Benjamin P. Hay   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The Brønsted Acid Catalyzed, Enantioselective Vinylogous Mannich Reaction

(2010) Marcel Sickert et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Unifying Metal and Brønsted Acid Catalysis-Concepts, Mechanisms, and Classifications

(2010) Magnus Rueping et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Catalytic α-Alkylation of Aldehydes via an SN1 Pathway

(2010) Adam R. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Thiourea-Catalyzed Cationic Polycyclizations

(2010) Robert R. Knowles et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Transacetalization

(2010) Ilija Čorić et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Merging Nucleophilic and Hydrogen Bonding Catalysis: An Anion Binding Approach to the Kinetic Resolution of Propargylic Amines

(2010) Eric G. Klauber et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Kinetic Resolution of Homoaldols via Catalytic Asymmetric Transacetalization

(2010) Ilija Čorić et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Terminal Alkynes to α,β-Unsaturated Thioamides

(2010) Ryo Yazaki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of α-Branched Enals

(2010) Olga Lifchits et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Supramolecular catalysis beyond enzyme mimics

(2010) Jurjen Meeuwissen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Direct Enantioselective Brønsted Acid CatalyzedN-Acyliminium Cyclization Cascades of Tryptamines and Ketoacids

(2010) Chloe A. Holloway et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Attractive noncovalent interactions in asymmetric catalysis: Links between enzymes and small molecule catalysts

(2010) R. R. Knowles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Asymmetric Cooperative Catalysis of Strong Bronsted Acid-Promoted Reactions Using Chiral Ureas

(2010) H. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Chiral Phosphoric Acids as Versatile Catalysts for Enantioselective Transformations

(2010) Masahiro Terada   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Transition-Metal Catalysis: Enantioselective Epoxidation of Alkenes with Manganese(III) Salen Phosphate Complexes

(2009) Saihu Liao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bis-Terminal Hydroxy Polyethers as All-Purpose, Multifunctional Organic Promoters: A Mechanistic Investigation and Applications

(2009) Ji Woong Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Semipinacol Rearrangement for the Synthesis of Chiral Spiroethers

(2009) Qing-Wei Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective, Thiourea-Catalyzed Intermolecular Addition of Indoles to Cyclic N-Acyl Iminium Ions

(2009) Emily A. Peterson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Fluorine-Iminium IonGaucheEffect: Proof of Principle and Application to Asymmetric Organocatalysis

(2009) Christof Sparr et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrazolidines, Isoxazolidines, and Tetrahydrooxazines

(2009) R. L. LaLonde et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Powerful Chiral Counteranion Motif for Asymmetric Catalysis

(2009) Pilar García-García et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phosphonium Salts as Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalysts: Asymmetric Michael and Mannich Reactions of 3-Aryloxindoles

(2009) Rongjun He et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chiral anion-mediated asymmetric ion pairing chemistry

(2009) Jérôme Lacour et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Cinchona-based phase-transfer catalysts for asymmetric synthesis

(2009) Sang-sup Jew et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

(2009) Zhiguo Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Enantioselective Synthesis of Fluorene Derivatives by Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Tandem Double Friedel-Crafts Reaction

(2009) Feng-Lai Sun et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Triarylmethanes by Chiral Brønsted Acids

(2009) Feng-Lai Sun et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cu(I)-Catalyzed Diamination of Conjugated Olefins with Tunable Anionic Counterions. A Possible Approach to Asymmetric Diamination

(2009) Baoguo Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Mechanism of Amido-Thiourea Catalyzed Enantioselective Imine Hydrocyanation: Transition State Stabilization via Multiple Non-Covalent Interactions

(2009) Stephan J. Zuend et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Direct Aldol-Type Reaction of Azlactone via Protonation of Vinyl Ethers by a Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyst

(2009) Masahiro Terada et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Brønsted Acid-CatalyzedN-Acyliminium Cyclization Cascades

(2009) Michael E. Muratore et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Merging Nucleophilic and Hydrogen Bonding Catalysis: An Anion Binding Approach to the Kinetic Resolution of Amines

(2009) Chandra Kanta De et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Generation of Chiral Phosphonium Dialkyl Phosphite as a Highly ReactiveP-Nucleophile: Application to Asymmetric Hydrophosphonylation of Aldehydes

(2009) Daisuke Uraguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal−Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis for Asymmetric Reductive Amination

(2009) Chaoqun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Scaleable catalytic asymmetric Strecker syntheses of unnatural α-amino acids

(2009) Stephan J. Zuend et al.   NATURE

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)-Arboricine

(2009) Martin J. Wanner et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Enantioselective Alkylation Reaction of Enamides by Brønsted-Acid Catalysis

(2009) Qi-Xiang Guo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Weak Brønsted Acid−Thiourea Co-catalysis: Enantioselective, Catalytic Protio-Pictet−Spengler Reactions

(2009) Rebekka S. Klausen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Chiral Organic Ion Pair Catalysts Assembled Through a Hydrogen-Bonding Network

(2009) D. Uraguchi et al.   SCIENCE

Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Nucleophilic Addition to in situ Generated Chiral N-Acyliminium Ions

(2009) Magnus Rueping et al.   SYNLETT

New architectures in hydrogen bond catalysis

(2009) Andrew A. Rodriguez et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

The Enantioselective, Brønsted Acid Catalyzed, Vinylogous Mannich Reaction

(2008) Marcel Sickert et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Binaphthyl-Modified Quaternary Phosphonium Salts as Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalysts: Asymmetric Amination of β-Keto Esters

(2008) Rongjun He et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cinchona Alkaloid Catalyzed Enantioselective Fluorination of Allyl Silanes, Silyl Enol Ethers, and Oxindoles

(2008) Takehisa Ishimaru et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Site-Directed Asymmetric Quaternization of a Peptide Backbone at a C-Terminal Azlactone

(2008) Daisuke Uraguchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Binaphthol-derived phosphoric acid as a versatile catalyst for enantioselective carbon–carbon bond forming reactions

(2008) Masahiro Terada   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Catalytic Acylcyanation of Imines

(2008) Subhas Chandra Pan et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Enantioselective BINOL-Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Pictet−Spengler Reactions ofN-Benzyltryptamine

(2008) Nishant V. Sewgobind et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chiral Counteranion-Aided Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Acyclic Imines

(2008) Chaoqun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral Tetraaminophosphonium Carboxylate-Catalyzed Direct Mannich-Type Reaction

(2008) Daisuke Uraguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral Anion-Mediated Asymmetric Ring Opening ofmeso-Aziridinium and Episulfonium Ions

(2008) Gregory L. Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Theoretical Study of the Mechanism of Hantzsch Ester Hydrogenation of Imines Catalyzed by Chiral BINOL-Phosphoric Acids

(2008) Luis Simón et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Thiourea-Catalyzed Additions to Oxocarbenium Ions

(2008) Sarah E. Reisman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Cyclic Enones

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

A Brønsted Acid Catalyst for the Enantioselective Protonation Reaction

(2008) Cheol Hong Cheon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cooperative Catalysis with Chiral Brønsted Acid-Rh2(OAc)4: Highly Enantioselective Three-Component Reactions of Diazo Compounds with Alcohols and Imines

(2008) Wenhao Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Computational prediction of small-molecule catalysts

(2008) K. N. Houk et al.   NATURE

Regio- and Enantioselective Catalytic Cyclization of Pyrroles ontoN-Acyliminium Ions

(2008) Izzat T. Raheem et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Catalytic Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Yohimbine

(2008) Dustin J. Mergott et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cooperative Brønsted Acid-Type Organocatalysis:  Alcoholysis of Styrene Oxides

(2008) Torsten Weil et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis: Enantioselective Nucleophilic Substitutions and 1,4-Additions

(2007) Magnus Rueping et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Catalysis for the Epoxidation of Enals

(2007) Xingwang Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION