Hydrofunctionalisation and difunctionalisation of dienes, allenes, and alkynes are widely
utilized in the synthesis of valuable allylic compounds. In the past decades, asymmetric …

Titanium is the second most abundant transition metal and is already a key player in
important industrial processes (eg polyethylene). Titanium is an attractive metal to use for …

Nitrogen-containing compounds, such as amines, enamines, and imines, are valuable and
commercially important bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. 1 Among …

Synthetic chemists are constantly challenged to consider more environmentally benign
methods for generation of the desired target molecules. 1 Recently, there has been an …

The hydroamination of unsaturated carbon‐carbon linkages allows a facile and highly atom‐
economical access to industrially relevant nitrogen‐containing basic and fine chemicals as …

Reaction of benzyl (2, 2-diphenyl-4, 5-hexadienyl) carbamate (4) with a catalytic 1: 1 mixture
of Au [P (t-Bu) 2 (o-biphenyl)] Cl (2) and AgOTf (5 mol%) in dioxane at 25° C for 45 min led to …

The field of gold (I)-catalyzed addition of heteroatom nucleophiles to allenes [1] has recently
expanded to include enantioselective synthesis of heterocyclic products.[2, 3] Despite the …

The β-diketiminate-stabilized calcium amide complex [{ArNC (Me) CHC (Me) NAr} Ca {N
(SiMe3) 2}(THF)](Ar= 2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) and magnesium methyl complex [{ArNC (Me) …

Chiral 3, 3 '-bis (trisarylsilyl)-substituted binaphtholate rare earth metal complexes (R)-[Ln
{Binol-SiAr3}(o-C6H4CH2NMe2)(Me2NCH2Ph)](Ln= Sc, Lu, Y; Binol-SiAr3= 3, 3 '-bis …

Asymmetry is ubiquitous in every part of Nature1 and has a great impact in many fields, not
only in chemistry but also even in arts. In the pharmaceutical area, asymmetry plays an …