N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [2+3] cyclocondensation of α-chloroaldehydes with azomethine imines

Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of benzothiazolo-pyrimidinones via an NHC-catalyzed Mannich/lactamization domino reaction

(2015) Qijian Ni et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stereoselective Lewis base catalyzed formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines with mixed anhydrides

(2015) Lena Hesping et al.   Chemical Science

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

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Activation of Esters: A New Option for Asymmetric Domino Reactions

(2014) Pankaj Chauhan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Chiral Phosphate Catalysis System for Allenolate Annulations

(2014) Anna Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Cyclocondensation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids: Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidinone and Dihydropyridinone Derivatives

(2014) Xiang-Yu Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [3+4] Annulation of Enals and Aurones

(2014) Zhi-Qin Liang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Annulations for Dihydroquinolones by in Situ Generation of Azolium Enolates

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed [3+4] Cycloaddition and Kinetic Resolution of Azomethine Imines

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

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

Asymmetric NHC-Catalyzed Aza-Diels–Alder Reactions: Highly Enantioselective Route to α-Amino Acid Derivatives and DFT Calculations

(2014) Limin Yang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Spirocyclic Oxindolo-β-lactams

(2014) Han-Ming Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrroloindolones by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [2+3] Annulation of α-Chloroaldehydes with Nitrovinylindoles

(2013) Qijian Ni et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Enantioselective γ-Amination by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [4+2] Annulation of Oxidized Enals and Azodicarboxylates

(2013) Xiang-Yu Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

(2013) Li-Hui Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of Nitroalkenes with Oxodienes

(2013) Xiang-Yu Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Catalysis with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes under Oxidative Conditions

(2013) Suman De Sarkar et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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

(2013) Zhenqian Fu et al.   Nature Chemistry

An internal affair

(2013) Jeffrey W. Bode   Nature Chemistry

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed highly enantioselective synthesis of substituted dihydropyranopyrazolones

(2013) Han-Ming Zhang et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Organocatalytic Activation of Alkylacetic Esters as Enolate Precursors to React with α,β-Unsaturated Imines

(2013) Lin Hao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Access to the Smallest Enolate Intermediate via Organocatalytic Activation of Acetic Ester

(2013) Shaojin Chen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Organocatalytic Enantioselective γ-Aminoalkylation of Unsaturated Ester: Access to Pipecolic Acid Derivatives

(2013) Jianfeng Xu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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

Enantioselective Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated α-Fluoroesters Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2012) Yu-Ming Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Continuum of Progress: Applications of N-Hetereocyclic Carbene Catalysis in Total Synthesis

(2012) Javier Izquierdo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly enantioselective [4 + 2] cyclization of chloroaldehydes and 1-azadienes catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2012) Teng-Yue Jian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

(2012) Xavier Bugaut et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

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

(2012) Lin Hao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Oxo-Diels–Alder Reactions for Synthesis of Fused Pyrano[2,3-b]indoles

(2012) Limin Yang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Domino Reactions

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Umpolung of Michael Acceptors for Intermolecular Reactions

(2011) Akkattu T. Biju et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes and carbon disulfide catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2011) Xiao-Na Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

An Efficient, Ligand-Free, Heterogeneous Supported Copper Hydroxide Catalyst for the Synthesis of N,N-Bicyclic Pyrazolidinone Derivatives

(2011) Kazuaki Yoshimura et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed (4 + 2) Cycloaddition/Decarboxylation of Silyl Dienol Ethers with α,β-Unsaturated Acid Fluorides

(2011) Sarah J. Ryan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Asymmetric Synthesis oftrans-γ-Lactams

(2011) Xiaodan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Understanding the cooperative NHC/LA catalysis for stereoselective annulation reactions with homoenolates. A DFT study

(2011) Luis R. Domingo et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

(1R,2R)-DPEN-derived triazolium salts for enantioselective oxodiene Diels–Alder reactions

(2011) Zi-Qiang Rong et al.   TETRAHEDRON

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed rearrangements of vinyl sulfones

(2011) Roxanne L. Atienza et al.   Chemical Science

Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of Ketenes and Oxaziridines Catalyzed by Chiral Lewis Bases: Enantioselective Synthesis of Oxazolin-4-ones

(2010) Pan-Lin Shao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydration: Direct Synthesis of α-Protio and α-Deuterio α-Chloro and α-Fluoro Carboxylic Acids

(2010) Harit U. Vora et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CooperativeN-Heterocyclic Carbene/Lewis Acid Catalysis for Highly Stereoselective Annulation Reactions with Homoenolates

(2010) Benoit Cardinal-David et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Enantioselective Claisen Rearrangement Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2010) Juthanat Kaeobamrung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2010) Dustin E. A. Raup et al.   Nature Chemistry

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Transformations of 3-Halopropenals to the Equivalents of β-Acylvinyl Anions

(2010) Yihua Wu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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

Enantioselective Synthesis of DihydrocoumarinsviaN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Ketenes ando-Quinone Methides

(2009) Hui Lv et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Methanol with Silanes over N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

(2009) Siti Nurhanna Riduan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fused polycyclic nucleophilic carbenes – synthesis, structure, and function

(2009) Anthony J. Arduengo et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Generation of α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Imidazoliums: Synthesis of Dihydropyranones by their Reaction with Enolates

(2009) Sarah J. Ryan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions

(2008) Levi M. Stanley et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

ChiralN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddition of Ketenes with Enones: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis oftrans- andcis-δ-Lactones

(2008) Yan-Rong Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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

N-Heterocyclic carbene catalysed β-lactam synthesis

(2008) Nicolas Duguet et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

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

(2008) Dieter Enders et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Development of Chiral Bicyclic Triazolium Salt Organic Catalysts: The Importance of theN-Aryl Substituent

(2007) Tomislav Rovis   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

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