Aminomethylation of Enals through Carbene and Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Concise Access to β2-Amino Acids

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

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

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Lewis Acid Strategy for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Spirocyclic Oxindole–Dihydropyranones

(2014) Zhaoxin Xiao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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

An Efficient Approach to the Securinega Alkaloids Empowered by Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Lewis Acid Catalysis

(2013) Adel M. ElSohly 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

Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Annulation Reactions with Imidazolidinones

(2013) Elizabeth O'Bryan McCusker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

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

Enantioselective Cycloaddition Reactions of Ketenes Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

(2013) Song Ye et al.   SYNLETT

Aminocatalytic remote functionalization strategies

(2013) Hao Jiang et al.   Chemical Science

An N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Lewis Acid Strategy for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Spirooxindole Lactones

(2012) Julien Dugal-Tessier et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Controlled β-protonation and [4+2] cycloaddition of enals and chalconesvia N-heterocyclic carbene/acid catalysis: toward substrate independent reaction control

(2012) Zhenqian Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

Highly Enantioselective Cyclizations of Conjugated Trienes with Low Catalyst Loadings: A Robust Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Enabled by Acetic Acid Cocatalyst

(2012) Guansai Liu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Enantioselective Addition of Enals to Isatin-Derived Ketimines Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of Spirocyclic γ-Lactams

(2012) Hui Lv et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

NHCs in Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Recent Advances in Azolium Enolate Generation and Reactivity

(2012) Andrew Smith et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Lewis Acid Activated Synthesis of Highly Substituted Cyclopentanes by the N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Addition of Homoenolate Equivalents to Unsaturated Ketoesters

(2011) Daniel T. Cohen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Asymmetric NHC-Catalyzed Hydroacylation of Unactivated Alkenes

(2011) Isabel Piel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Employing homoenolates generated by NHC catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions: state of the art

(2011) Vijay Nair et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Redox Reactions of α-Functionalized Aldehydes

(2011) Zi-Qiang Rong et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dienamine Catalysis: An Emerging Technology in Organic Synthesis

(2011) Dhevalapally B. Ramachary et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

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

EnantioselectiveN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Michael Addition to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes by Redox Oxidation

(2011) Zi-Qiang Rong et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

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

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Alcohols

(2010) Eric M. Phillips 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

Functionalizable Collagen Model Peptides

(2010) Roman S. Erdmann 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

Chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed generation of ester enolate equivalents from  , -unsaturated aldehydes for enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions

(2010) J. Kaeobamrung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Mannich Reactions with α-Aryloxyacetaldehydes

(2009) Yasufumi Kawanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

α′-Hydroxyenones as Mechanistic Probes and Scope-Expanding Surrogates for α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes in N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions

(2009) Pei-Chen Chiang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Diastereoselective Synthetic Route to Enantiopure β2-Amino Acids and γ-Amino Alcohols Using a Fluorinated Oxazolidine (Fox) as Chiral Auxiliary

(2008) Arnaud Tessier et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cyclic Ketimines as Superior Electrophiles for NHC-Catalyzed Homoenolate Additions with Broad Scope and Low Catalyst Loadings

(2008) Michael Rommel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Transferhydrogenation of β-Nitroacrylates: Accessing β2-Amino Acids

(2008) Nolwenn J. A. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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