Stereocontrolled Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclobutanes and Cyclobutanones

Enantioselective Construction of α-Quaternary Cyclobutanones by Catalytic Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation

(2013) Corey M. Reeves et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Aminocyclobutanes by Iron-Catalyzed [2+2] Cycloaddition

(2013) Florian de Nanteuil et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Fluorination-Induced Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement

(2013) Fedor Romanov-Michailidis et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalytic formal [2+2] cycloaddition initiated by vinylogous Friedel–Crafts alkylation: enantioselective synthesis of substituted cyclobutane derivatives

(2013) Guo-Jian Duan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enantioselective Intermolecular [2+2] Photocycloadditions of Isoquinolone Mediated by a Chiral Hydrogen-Bonding Template

(2013) Susannah C. Coote et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Cyclobutanones to Nitroalkenes

(2012) Damien Mailhol et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Cooperative Dienamine/Hydrogen-Bonding Catalysis: Enantioselective Formal [2+2] Cycloaddition of Enals with Nitroalkenes

(2012) Garazi Talavera et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation: Desymmetrization of Meso Cyclic Ketones and Kinetic Resolution of Racemic 2-Arylcyclohexanones

(2012) Lin Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Organocatalytic Formal [2 + 2]-Cycloadditions via Bifunctional H-Bond Directing Dienamine Catalysis

(2012) Łukasz Albrecht et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Very high stereoselectivity in organocatalyzed desymmetrizing aldol reactions of 3-substituted cyclobutanones

(2012) David J. Aitken et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Total Synthesis of (−)-FR901483

(2012) Ai-Jun Ma et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Diastereoselective Intramolecular Carbamoylketene/Alkene [2 + 2] Cycloaddition: Enantioselective Access to Pyrrolidinoindoline Alkaloids

(2012) Takaaki Araki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A new environmentally friendly method for the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclobutanones catalyzed by thioureas using H2O2 as an oxidant

(2012) Niiha Sasakura et al.   RSC Advances

A refined synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2-aminocyclobutanecarboxylic acids

(2011) Valérie Declerck et al.   AMINO ACIDS

An Achiral-Acid-Induced Switch in the Enantioselectivity of a Chiral cis-Diamine-Based Organocatalyst for Asymmetric Aldol and Mannich Reactions

(2011) Shin A. Moteki et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photochemical Reactions as Key Steps in Natural Product Synthesis

(2011) Thorsten Bach et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cyclobutanes in Catalysis

(2011) Tobias Seiser et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-Pot Construction of Multi-Substituted Spiro-Cycloalkanediones by an Organocatalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation/Semipinacol Rearrangement

(2011) Bao-Sheng Li et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Organocatalyzed Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Nitro Alkenes - Generally Accepted Mechanism Revisited and Revised

(2011) Krystyna Patora-Komisarska et al.   HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA

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

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

Total synthesis of solanoeclepin A

(2011) Keiji Tanino et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis of Cyclobutane Nucleosides

(2011) Abdelaziz Ebead et al.   NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS

The First Organocatalysed Direct Aldol Reaction of 2-Hydroxycyclobutanone

(2011) Angelo Frongia et al.   SYNLETT

Rapid access to cis-cyclobutane γ-amino acids in enantiomerically pure form

(2011) Virginie André et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A New Structural Motif for Bifunctional Brønsted Acid/Base Organocatalysis

(2010) Vijay N. Wakchaure et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric SN1 α-Alkylation of Cyclic Ketones Catalyzed by Functionalized Chiral Ionic Liquid (FCIL) Organocatalysts

(2010) Long Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Mechanistic Investigation of Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger Reaction of 3-Substituted Cyclobutanones with H2O2as the Oxidant

(2010) Senmiao Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Determination of the pKaof Cyclobutanone: Brønsted Correlation of the General Base-Catalyzed Enolization in Aqueous Solution and the Effect of Ring Strain

(2010) Steven M. Cope et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cyclobutenone as a Highly Reactive Dienophile: Expanding Upon Diels−Alder Paradigms

(2010) Xiaohua Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nature of Intermediates in Organo-SOMO Catalysis of α-Arylation of Aldehydes

(2010) Joann M. Um et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Polyene Cyclization via Organo-SOMO Catalysis

(2010) Sebastian Rendler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic and Regioselective Ring Expansion of Arylcyclobutanones with Trimethylsilyldiazomethane. Ligand-Dependent Entry to β-Ketosilane or Enolsilane Adducts

(2010) Jennifer A. Dabrowski et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

12-Helix Folding of Cyclobutane β-Amino Acid Oligomers

(2010) Carlos Fernandes et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct and enantioselective  -allylation of ketones via singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) catalysis

(2010) A. Mastracchio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unexpected Formation of Optically Active 4-Substituted 5-Hydroxy-γ-lactams by Organocatalyzed Reaction of 3-Substituted Cyclobutanones with Nitrosobenzene

(2010) Angelo Frongia et al.   SYNLETT

Proline Sulfonamide Based Organocatalysis: Better Late than Never

(2010) Rich Carter et al.   SYNLETT

Asymmetric Mannich reaction catalyzed by N-arylsulfonyl-l-proline amides

(2010) Eva Veverková et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Combined Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbon-Hydrogen Activation and β-Carbon Elimination to access Eight-Membered Rings

(2009) Damien Crépin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes by SN1-Type Reaction of Alcohols

(2009) Pier Giorgio Cozzi 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

Exploiting [2+2] cycloaddition chemistry: achievements with allenes

(2009) Benito Alcaide et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Solid-Supported Organocatalyst for Highly Stereoselective, Batch, and Continuous-Flow Mannich Reactions

(2009) Esther Alza et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones: A paradigm for the role of soft Lewis acidity in homogeneous catalysis

(2009) Rino A. Michelin et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Cyclobutane Amino Acid Analogues of Furanomycin Obtained by a Formal [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Strategy Promoted by Methylaluminoxane

(2009) Alberto Avenoza et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Laboratory Evolution of Robust and Enantioselective Baeyer−Villiger Monooxygenases for Asymmetric Catalysis

(2009) Manfred T. Reetz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous α-Ketol Rearrangement: Enantioselective Construction of Chiral All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters in Spirocyclic Diketones via Semipinacol-Type 1,2-Carbon Migration

(2009) En Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stabilizing unusual conformations in small peptides and glucopeptides using a hydroxylated cyclobutane amino acid

(2009) Alberto Fernández-Tejada et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Reaction behavior of cyclopropylmethyl cations derived 1-phenylselenocyclopropylmethanols with acids

(2009) Mitsunori Honda et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Highly efficient primary amine organocatalysts for the direct asymmetric aldol reaction in brine

(2009) Xiao Ma et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Baeyer–Villiger Reaction of 3-Substituted Cyclobutanones by Using Aqueous H2O2

(2008) Senmiao Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Total Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Sesquiterpene (±)-Punctaporonin C

(2008) Martin Fleck et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide by Multistep Electron Transfer—A Biomimetic Approach

(2008) Julio Piera et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Epoxidation of 1,1-Disubstituted Terminal Olefins by Chiral Dioxirane via a Planar-like Transition State

(2008) Bin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation Catalyzed by Palladium(II) Complexes with ChiralP,N-Ligands∥

(2008) Andrei V. Malkov et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthetic Studies toward Halichlorine: Complex Azaspirocycle Formation with Use of an NBS-Promoted Semipinacol Reaction

(2008) Paul B. Hurley et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Expedient Approach to Chiral Cyclobutanones:  Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclobut-G

(2008) Benjamin Darses et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Endocyclic Allenes and Their Application in Stereoselective [2 + 2]Cycloaddition with Ketenes

(2008) Masamichi Ogasawara et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Convenient Formal Synthesis of (+)-Grandisol through Lewis Acid Promoted Enantioselective Pinacolic Rearrangement

(2008) Pier Piras et al.   SYNLETT