2-Arylacetic anhydrides as ammonium enolate precursors

β-Carbon activation of saturated carboxylic esters through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

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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

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

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

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Catalytic, enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of γ-butyrolactones incorporating quaternary stereocentres

(2012) Francesco Manoni et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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Enantioselective Activation of Stable Carboxylate Esters as Enolate Equivalents via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

(2012) Lin Hao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A Catalytic Asymmetric Reaction Involving Enolizable Anhydrides

(2012) Claudio Cornaggia et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Catalytic asymmetric α-amination of carboxylic acids using isothioureas

(2012) Louis C. Morrill et al.   Chemical Science

Total Synthesis of (+)-Omphadiol

(2011) Gang Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nonenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of α-(Arylthio)- and α-(Alkylthio)alkanoic Acids

(2011) Xing Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isothiourea-Catalysed Asymmetric C-Acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals

(2011) Philip A. Woods et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of 4-Aryl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrimido[2,3-b]benzothiazoles for Asymmetric Acyl or Carboxyl Group Transfer Reactions

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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

Kinetic Resolution ofN-Acyl-β-Lactams via Benzotetramisole-Catalyzed Enantioselective Alcoholysis

(2011) Valentina D. Bumbu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Determination of Absolute Configuration Using Kinetic Resolution Catalysts

(2011) Alexander J. Wagner et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective, Organocatalyzed, Intramolecular Aldol Lactonizations with Keto Acids Leading to Bi- and Tricyclic β-Lactones and Topology-Morphing Transformations

(2010) Carolyn A. Leverett et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

α-Aroyloxyaldehydes: scope and limitations as alternatives to α-haloaldehydes for NHC-catalysed redox transformations

(2010) Kenneth B. Ling et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Kinetic Resolution of Racemic α-Arylalkanoic Acids with Achiral Alcohols via the Asymmetric Esterification Using Carboxylic Anhydrides and Acyl-Transfer Catalysts

(2010) Isamu Shiina et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure-enantioselectivity effects in 3,4-dihydropyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazole-based isothioureas as enantioselective acylation catalysts

(2010) Dorine Belmessieri et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Isothiourea-Mediated StereoselectiveC-Acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals

(2010) Philip A. Woods et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Benzotetramisole-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Azlactones

(2010) Xing Yang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cinchona Alkaloids in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

(2010) Tommaso Marcelli et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Enantioselective Addition of Phenols to Unsymmetrical Alkylarylketenes

(2009) Carmen Concellón et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Carboxy Group Transfer

(2009) Caroline Joannesse et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Ketenes and Nitroso Compounds: Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Derivatives

(2009) Maximilian Dochnahl et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nonenzymatic kinetic resolution of racemic 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-aryl ethanol via enantioselective acylation

(2009) Qing Xu et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Catalytic, asymmetric reactions of ketenes and ketene enolates

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Enantioselective Nucleophilic Catalysis: The Synthesis of Aza-β-Lactams through [2+2] Cycloadditions of Ketenes with Azo Compounds

(2008) Jacob M. Berlin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Catalytic, Asymmetric α-Fluorination of Acid Chlorides: Dual Metal−Ketene Enolate Activation

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Concise Synthesis of Spirocyclic, Bridged γ-Butyrolactones via Stereospecific, Dyotropic Rearrangements of β-Lactones Involving 1,2-Acyl and δ-Lactone Migrations

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(2008) Jung Woon Yang et al.   NATURE

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