Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Synthesis of Triarylmethanes-Construction of Communesin and Spiroindoline Scaffolds

Ortho-Quinone Methides as Reactive Intermediates in Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Cycloadditions with Unactivated Alkenes by Exclusive Activation of the Electrophile

(2015) Chien-Chi Hsiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction of In Situ Generatedortho-Quinone Methides with 3-Methyl-2-Vinylindoles

(2015) Jia-Jia Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective annulations: a dual activation strategy for a formal [4+2] addition for dihydrocoumarins

(2015) Anna Lee et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of electron-rich arenes with in situ-generated ortho-quinone methides: highly enantioselective synthesis of diarylindolylmethanes and triarylmethanes

(2015) Satyajit Saha et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Meldrum’s Acid, Malononitrile, and 1,3-Dicarbonyls toortho-Quinone Methides Generated In Situ Under Basic Conditions

(2015) Lorenzo Caruana et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Asymmetric Synthesis of Triarylmethanes by Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Diarylmethylamines with Arylboroxines

(2015) Yinhua Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Emergence of Quinone Methides in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

(2015) Lorenzo Caruana et al.   MOLECULES

Quinine-catalyzed highly enantioselective cycloannulation of o-quinone methides with malononitrile

(2015) Alafate Adili et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,2-Dihydroquinoline through Formation of Aza-o-xylylene

(2015) Guangxun Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Directing Group Assisted Nucleophilic Substitution of Propargylic Alcohols via o-Quinone Methide Intermediates: Brønsted Acid Catalyzed, Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of 7-Alkynyl-12a-acetamido-Substituted Benzoxanthenes

(2015) Satyajit Saha et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A catalytic asymmetric total synthesis of (−)-perophoramidine

(2015) B. M. Trost et al.   Chemical Science

Enantio- and Diastereoselective Access to Distant Stereocenters Embedded within Tetrahydroxanthenes: Utilizingortho-Quinone Methides as Reactive Intermediates in Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis

(2014) Chien-Chi Hsiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Aryl Indoles

(2014) M. Todd Hovey et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed, Conjugate Addition of β-Dicarbonyls to In Situ Generatedortho-Quinone Methides-Enantioselective Synthesis of 4-Aryl-4H-Chromenes

(2014) Osama El-Sepelgy et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters from Indoles and Tertiary Alcohols Bearing A Directing Group

(2014) Wanxiang Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Complete Field Guide to Asymmetric BINOL-Phosphate Derived Brønsted Acid and Metal Catalysis: History and Classification by Mode of Activation; Brønsted Acidity, Hydrogen Bonding, Ion Pairing, and Metal Phosphates

(2014) Dixit Parmar et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,1-Diarylethanes by Transfer Hydrogenation

(2014) Zhaobin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Triarylmethanes by Enantiospecific Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2014) Smitha C. Matthew et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Annulations for Dihydroquinolones by in Situ Generation of Azolium Enolates

(2014) Anna Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Synthesis of Triarylmethanes by Chiral Imidodiphosphoric Acids Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Reactions

(2014) Ming-Hua Zhuo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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

Dearomatizing Conjugate Addition to Quinolinyl Amidines for the Synthesis of Dehaloperophoramidine through Tandem Arylation and Allylation

(2013) Takayuki Ishida et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

Retention or Inversion in Stereospecific Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Carbamates with Arylboronic Esters: Control of Absolute Stereochemistry with an Achiral Catalyst

(2013) Michael R. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Benzylic Pivalates with Arylboroxines: Stereospecific Formation of Diarylalkanes and Triarylmethanes

(2013) Qi Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters by Catalytic Asymmetric Alkylation Reaction of 3-Bromooxindoles with 3-Substituted Indoles: Total Synthesis of (+)-Perophoramidine

(2013) Hailong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Enantioenriched Triarylmethanes by Stereospecific Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2012) Buck L. H. Taylor et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Addition of Boronates to o-Quinone Methides Catalyzed by Chiral Biphenols

(2012) Yi Luan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Total Synthesis of (±)-Communesin F via a Cycloaddition with Indol-2-one

(2012) Johannes Belmar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rapid Photoassisted Access to N,O,S-Polyheterocycles with Benzoazocine and Hydroquinoline Cores: Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Photogenerated Azaxylylenes

(2011) Olga A. Mukhina 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

Enantioselective Michael/Cyclization Reaction Sequence: Scaffold-Inspired Synthesis of Spirooxindoles with Multiple Stereocenters

(2011) Yiming Cao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Communesins A and B

(2011) Zhiwei Zuo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Brønsted acid catalyzed carbonyl activation – organocatalytic domino electrocyclization–halogenation reaction

(2011) Magnus Rueping et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chiral Brønsted acids in enantioselective carbonyl activations – activation modes and applications

(2011) Magnus Rueping et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Fundamentals of green chemistry: efficiency in reaction design

(2011) Roger A. Sheldon   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Developments in Chiral Binaphthyl-Derived Brønsted/Lewis Acids and Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Organocatalysis

(2011) Sebastian Schenker et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthetic Studies toward Communesins

(2011) Zhiwei Zuo et al.   ISRAEL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Direct annulation and alkylation of indoles with 2-aminobenzyl alcohols catalyzed by TFA

(2011) Forest J. Robertson et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Total Synthesis of the Polycyclic Fungal Metabolite (±)-Communesin F

(2010) Peng Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and Structural Aspects ofN-Triflylphosphoramides and Their Calcium Salts-Highly Acidic and Effective Brønsted Acids

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

Advancing the Mechanistic Understanding of an Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Alkene Difunctionalization Reaction

(2010) Katrina H. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemical Assignment of (−)-Communesin F

(2010) Zhiwei Zuo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric organocatalysis in total synthesis – a trial by fire

(2010) Eugenia Marqués-López et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Highly enantioselective synthesis and cellular evaluation of spirooxindoles inspired by natural products

(2010) Andrey P. Antonchick et al.   Nature Chemistry

Asymmetric Synthesis of Indolines by Catalytic Enantioselective Reduction of 3H-Indoles

(2010) Magnus Rueping et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Chiral Phosphoric Acids as Versatile Catalysts for Enantioselective Transformations

(2010) Masahiro Terada   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Synthesis of Natural Product Inspired Compound Collections

(2009) Kamal Kumar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Triarylmethanes by Chiral Brønsted Acids

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

Organocatalytic Synthesis of Spiro[pyrrolidin-3,3′-oxindoles] with High Enantiopurity and Structural Diversity

(2009) Xiao-Hua Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2009) Magnus Rueping et al.   SYNLETT

Asymmetric Syntheses of Oxindole and Indole Spirocyclic Alkaloid Natural Products

(2009) Barry Trost et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

It All Began with an Error: The Nomofungin/Communesin Story

(2008) Peter Siengalewicz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Cycloadditions of Palladium-Polarized Aza-o-xylylenes

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

Asymmetric Cycloadditions ofo-Quinone Methides Employing Chiral Ammonium Fluoride Precatalysts

(2008) Ethan Alden-Danforth et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS