Recent developments in the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed umpolung of
aldehydes followed by their interception with activated carbon–carbon double bonds …

Chiral pyrazolones with a spirocyclic centre at the C4-position are widely found in a large
family of medically relevant compounds. In recent years, organocatalysis, particularly that …

An exploration into the origin of chemoselectivity in the NHC-catalyzed cross-benzoin
reaction reveals several key factors governing the preferred pathway. In the first …

Current developments in the burgeoning area of cooperative asymmetric catalysis indicate
the use of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in conjunction with other catalysts such as a …

The reaction paths and intermediate structures related to the formation of the Breslow
intermediate and its oxidation along the oxidative/oxygenative lanes have been studied from …

The stereoselective synthesis of spirocyclic pyrazolin-5-ones by N-heterocyclic carbene
(NHC) organocatalysis has been less studied so far. For this reason and considering the …

Metal catalysts have always been used in the aerobic oxidation of hydroquinones to
benzoquinones. Here an organic base was used as a catalyst to carry out this reaction in the …

Hydroacylation reactions and aza-benzoin reactions have attracted considerable attention
from experimental chemists. Recently, Wang et al. reported an interesting reaction of N …

Carbohydrate‐based benzylidene acetals undergo reductive ring opening. 1‐β‐O‐Acyl
glucoside conjugates of phenylacetic acids have been synthesized, and their acyl migration …

The possibility of direct introduction of a new functionality through C–H bond activation is an
attractive strategy in covalent synthesis. Here, we investigated the mechanism of Rh …