Recent developments in catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions have been summarized.
Enantioselective aldol reactions are important methods to synthesize β-hydroxy carbonyl …

γ-Butenolides, γ-butyrolactones, and derivatives, especially in enantiomerically pure form,
constitute the structural core of numerous natural products which display an impressive …

Asymmetric catalysis with chiral metal complexes has received considerable attention in
recent years, and its contribution to the art of organic synthesis has become of leading …

A bis (oxazoline)(box) copper (II) complex and its hydrated counterpart (1 and 2) function as
enantioselective Lewis acid catalysts for carbocyclic and hetero Diels− Alder, aldol, Michael …

The construction of C− C bonds with complete control of the stereochemical course of a
reaction is of utmost importance for organic synthesis. The aldol reaction—the simple …

A directed cross‐aldol reaction of silyl enol ethers with carbonyl compounds, such as
aldehydes and ketones, promoted by a Lewis acid, a reaction which is now widely known as …

Because of their ready accessibility, modular nature, and applicability in a wide range of
metalcatalyzed transformations, compounds containing a chiral oxazoline ring have become …

Interest in green chemistry and clean processes has grown so much in recent years that
topics such as fluorous biphasic catalysis, metal organic frameworks, and process …

The development of methodologies for efficient asymmetric synthesis is one of the most
important areas of synthetic organic chemistry. 1 The syntheses of biologically relevant …

The aldol addition is one of the most important methods for stereoselective construction of
carboncarbon bonds. New and powerful variants of these classical reactions have been …