Reaction of N-heterocyclic carbenes with chalcones leading to the synthesis of deoxy-Breslow intermediates in their oxidized form

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

Carbene catalyzed umpolung of α,β-enals: a reactivity study of diamino dienols vs. azolium enolates, and the characterization of advanced reaction intermediates

(2015) Veera Reddy Yatham 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

Access to Oxoquinoline Heterocycles by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Ester Activation for Selective Reaction with an Enone

(2014) Zhenqian Fu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Proton-Transfer Polymerization (HTP): Converting Methacrylates to Polyesters by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2014) Miao Hong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemoselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cross-Benzoin Reactions: Importance of the Fused Ring in Triazolium Salts

(2014) Steven M. Langdon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Cross-Benzoin Additions of β-Stereogenic α-Keto Esters

(2014) C. Guy Goodman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Bis(amino)cyclopropenylidene (BAC) Catalyzed Aza-Benzoin Reaction

(2014) Myron M. D. Wilde et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Characterization of the Key Intermediates of Carbene-Catalyzed Umpolung by NMR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction: Breslow Intermediates, Homoenolates, and Azolium Enolates

(2013) Albrecht Berkessel 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

Catalysis with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes under Oxidative Conditions

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

Catalytic Activation of Carbohydrates as Formaldehyde Equivalents for Stetter Reaction with Enones

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

NHC-Catalyzed Reaction of Enals with Hydroxy Chalcones: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Coumarins

(2013) Anup Bhunia et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular N-Tethered Aldehyde–Ketone Benzoin Reactions

(2013) Min-Qiang Jia et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalytic Asymmetric Cross-Aza-Benzoin Reactions of Aliphatic Aldehydes withN-Boc-Protected Imines

(2012) Daniel A. DiRocco et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Conjugate-Addition Organopolymerization: Rapid Production of Acrylic Bioplastics by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2012) Yuetao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nucleophilic Reactivities of Deoxy Breslow Intermediates: How Does Aromaticity Affect the Catalytic Activities of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes?

(2012) Biplab Maji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Umpolung by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Generation and Reactivity of the Elusive 2,2-Diamino Enols (Breslow Intermediates)

(2012) Albrecht Berkessel 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

Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis

(2012) Christiane E. I. Knappke et al.   ChemCatChem

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

(2012) Xavier Bugaut et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Isolable Analogues of the Breslow Intermediate Derived from Chiral Triazolylidene Carbenes

(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 Carbenes: Organocatalysts with Moderate Nucleophilicity but Extraordinarily High Lewis Basicity

(2011) Biplab Maji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Stetter Reactions of Enals and Modified Chalcones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2011) Xinqiang Fang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemistry of Seragakinone A

(2011) Akiomi Takada 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

Organocatalytic Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Olefin: Umpolung of Methyl Methacrylate Mediated by N-Heterocyclic Carbene

(2011) Shin-ichi Matsuoka et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

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

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

On new N-heterocyclic carbene derived alkylidene imidazolines

(2010) Christiane E. I. Knappke et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric intermolecular Stetter reactions catalyzed by a novel triazolium derived N-heterocyclic carbene

(2008) Dieter Enders et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enantioselective, NHC-Catalyzed Bicyclo-β-Lactam Formation via Direct Annulations of Enals and UnsaturatedN-Sulfonyl Ketimines

(2007) Ming He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY