Carbene-catalyzed activation of cyclopropylcarbaldehydes for mannich reaction and δ-lactam formation: remote enantioselecitvity control and dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation

Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of α-Trifluoromethyl Hemiaminals without α-Hydrogen via NHC-Catalyzed O-Acylation

(2021) Yuan-Yuan Gao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Photo/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Co-catalyzed Ring Opening and γ-Alkylation of Cyclopropane Enal

(2020) Lei Dai et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N ‐Heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis: activation modes and typical reactive intermediates

(2020) Xingkuan Chen et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

(3+3)-Annulation of Carbonyl Ylides with Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes: Synergistic Dirhodium(II) and Lewis Acid Catalysis

(2019) Martin Petzold et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cu(OAc)2-Triggered Cascade Reaction of Malonate-Tethered Acyl Oximes with Indoles, Indole-2-alcohols, and Indole-2-carboxamides

(2019) Peng-Fei Mao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Carbene-Catalyzed α-Carbon Amination of Chloroaldehydes for Enantioselective Access to Dihydroquinoxaline Derivatives

(2019) Ruoyan Huang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Uncovering the Neglected Similarities of Arynes and Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes

(2019) Daniel B. Werz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A continuing challenge: N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed syntheses of γ-butyrolactones

(2018) Kathleen J. R. Murauski et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Acidity Scale of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors: Can We Predict the Stability of NHC–CO2 Adducts?

(2018) Zhen Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Kinetic Studies of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes: Is Reactivity Predictably Related to Structural and Electronic Properties?

(2018) Daniel B. Werz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Acidity Scale of Triazolium-Based NHC Precursors in DMSO

(2017) Zhen Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Experimental and Computational Gas Phase Acidities of Conjugate Acids of Triazolylidene Carbenes: Rationalizing Subtle Electronic Effects

(2017) Yijie Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Conjugated Allenynes via Decarboxylative Coupling

(2017) Mary K. Smith et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis via the α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Azolium

(2017) Changhe Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Cooperative Catalysis and Activation with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2016) Michael H. Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2015) Darrin M. Flanigan et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Recent advances in employing homoenolates generated by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions

(2015) Rajeev S. Menon et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Cycloaddition of cyclobutenone and azomethine imine enabled by chiral isothiourea organic catalysts

(2015) Bao-Sheng Li et al.   Chemical Science

Carbon–carbon bond activation of cyclobutenones enabled by the addition of chiral organocatalyst to ketone

(2015) Bao-Sheng Li et al.   Nature Communications

On the Mechanism of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions Involving Acyl Azoliums

(2014) Jessada Mahatthananchai et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A New Golden Age for Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes

(2014) Tobias F. Schneider et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Chemoselective Cross-Aza-Benzoin Reaction of Enals with Isatin-Derived Ketimines: Access to Chiral Quaternary Aminooxindoles

(2014) Jianfeng Xu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Diaminocyclopropenylidene Organocatalysts: Beyond N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2013) Stephen J. Connon   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

(2013) Sarah J. Ryan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Intramolecular donor–acceptor cyclopropane ring-opening cyclizations

(2013) Marchello A. Cavitt et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Simple Branched Sulfur–Olefins as Chiral Ligands for Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of Cyclic Ketimines: Highly Enantioselective Construction of Tetrasubstituted Carbon Stereocenters

(2013) Hui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

(2012) Xavier Bugaut et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Domino Reactions

(2011) André Grossmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Formal Diels–Alder Reactions of Chalcones and Formylcyclopropanes Catalyzed by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2011) Hui Lv et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

(2011) Daniel T. Cohen et al.   Chemical Science

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Domino Reactions of Formylcyclopropane 1,1-Diesters: Construction of a 6-5-5 Tricyclic Pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole

(2010) Linxia Li et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Heterocycles from cyclopropanes: applications in natural product synthesis

(2009) Cheryl A. Carson et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Domino Ring-Opening/Redox Amidation/Cyclization Reactions of Formylcyclopropane 1,1-Diesters: Direct Construction of a 6−5−6 Tricyclic Hydropyrido[1,2-a]indole Skeleton

(2009) Ding Du et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Formylcyclopropanes: Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydro-α-pyrone Derivatives

(2009) Gong-Qiang Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Domino Reactions of Formylcyclopropane 1,1-Diesters: A New Synthesis of Coumarins

(2008) Ding Du et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY