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

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

Catalytic Asymmetric Cross-Aza-Benzoin Reactions of Aliphatic Aldehydes withN-Boc-Protected Imines

(2012) Daniel A. DiRocco 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

Oxidative γ-Addition of Enals to Trifluoromethyl Ketones: Enantioselectivity Control via Lewis Acid/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Cooperative Catalysis

(2012) Junming Mo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric α-Acylation of Tertiary Amines Mediated by a Dual Catalysis Mode: N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Photoredox Catalysis

(2012) Daniel A. DiRocco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Extending NHC-Catalysis: Coupling Aldehydes with Unconventional Reaction Partners

(2011) Akkattu T. Biju et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Lewis Acid Activated Synthesis of Highly Substituted Cyclopentanes by the N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Addition of Homoenolate Equivalents to Unsaturated Ketoesters

(2011) Daniel T. Cohen 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

Employing homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions: state of the art

(2011) Vijay Nair et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Reaction of Phthalaldehydes: Controllable Stereoselective Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Spiro- and Fused Indenones Dictated by the Structure of NHC Catalysts

(2011) Ying Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

Organocatalytic Iminium Ion/Carbene Reaction Cascade for the Formation of Optically Active 2,4-Disubstituted Cyclopentenones

(2011) Christian Borch Jacobsen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reactions of Enals and Alkylidene Diketones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2011) Xinqiang Fang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

NHC-catalyzed annulation of enals and chalcones: further explorations on the novel synthesis of 1,3,4-trisubstituted cyclopentenes

(2011) Vijay Nair et al.   TETRAHEDRON

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed annulation of enals and vinyl ketones: a novel synthesis of [2H]-pyranones

(2011) Vijay Nair et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

NHC-catalysed, chemoselective crossed-acyloin reactions

(2011) Christopher A. Rose et al.   Chemical Science

N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed asymmetric cross-benzoin reactions of heteroaromatic aldehydes with trifluoromethyl ketones

(2010) Dieter Enders et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed tandem aza-benzoin/Michael reactions: on site reversal of the reactivity of N-Boc imines

(2010) Ke-Jia Wu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enantioselective benzoin condensation catalyzed by bifunctional N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2010) XueLiang Huang et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

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

(2010) Dustin E. A. Raup 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

Multicatalytic, asymmetric Michael/Stetter reaction of salicylaldehydes and activated alkynes

(2010) C. M. Filloux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Direct Intermolecular Cross-Benzoin Type Reaction: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes with Trifluoromethyl Ketones

(2009) Dieter Enders et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Highly enantioselective intramolecular Michael reactions by d-camphor-derived triazolium salts

(2009) Yi Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Enantioselective Benzoin Condensation Reactions Involving a Bifunctional Protic Pentafluorophenyl-Substituted Triazolium Precatalyst

(2009) Louise Baragwanath et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentanones via a Multicatalytic Secondary Amine/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Cascade Sequence

(2009) Stephen P. Lathrop et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated γ-Butyrolactonesvia N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Conjugated Umpolung of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes

(2008) Keiichi Hirano et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Stereoselective Synthesis of γ-ButyrolactonesviaOrganocatalytic Annulations of Enals and Keto Esters

(2008) Yi Li et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

[4+2] Cycloaddition of Ketenes withN-Benzoyldiazenes Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2008) Xue-Liang Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric intermolecular Stetter reactions catalyzed by a novel triazolium derived N-heterocyclic carbene

(2008) Dieter Enders et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Recent advances in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions involving homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis

(2008) Vijay Nair et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Synthesis of enantiopure triazolium salts from pyroglutamic acid and their evaluation in the benzoin condensation

(2008) Dieter Enders et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Enantioselective, NHC-Catalyzed Bicyclo-β-Lactam Formation via Direct Annulations of Enals and UnsaturatedN-Sulfonyl Ketimines

(2007) Ming He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Staudinger Reaction of Ketenes with Imines:  Highly Enantioselective Synthesis ofN-Boc β-Lactams

(2007) Yan-Rong Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS