Catalytic organic reactions in water toward sustainable society

T Kitanosono, K Masuda, P Xu, S Kobayashi - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Traditional organic synthesis relies heavily on organic solvents for a multitude of tasks,
including dissolving the components and facilitating chemical reactions, because many …

Combinations of aminocatalysts and metal catalysts: a powerful cooperative approach in selective organic synthesis

S Afewerki, A Cordova - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The cooperation and interplay between organic and metal catalyst systems is of utmost
importance in nature and chemical synthesis. Here innovative and selective cooperative …

Catalytic enantioselective aldol reactions

Y Yamashita, T Yasukawa, WJ Yoo… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions have been summarized.
Enantioselective aldol reactions are important methods to synthesize β-hydroxy carbonyl …

The direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction

BM Trost, CS Brindle - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Asymmetric aldol reactions are a powerful method for the construction of carbon–carbon
bonds in an enantioselective fashion. Historically this reaction has been performed in a …

In water or in the presence of water?

Y Hayashi - Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2006 - tohoku.elsevierpure.com
Abstract (Figure Presented) What expression best conveys the recent examples of"
aqueous" organocatalyzed aldol reactions? It is suggested that a reaction occurs" in water" if …

Catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions in aqueous media

J Mlynarski, J Paradowska - Chemical Society Reviews, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has perfected the stereospecific aldol reaction by using aldolase enzymes. While
virtually all the biochemical aldol reactions use unmodified donor and acceptor carbonyls …

Recent advances in the synthesis of naturally occurring pyrrolidines, pyrrolizidines and indolizidine alkaloids using proline as a unique chiral synthon

C Bhat, SG Tilve - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The present article describes the synthesis of a wide spectrum of natural products of the
class pyrrolidines, pyrrolizidines and indolizidines using proline as a viable synthetic …

On the origin of life in the zinc world: 1. Photosynthesizing, porous edifices built of hydrothermally precipitated zinc sulfide as cradles of life on Earth

AY Mulkidjanian - Biology Direct, 2009 - Springer
Background The complexity of the problem of the origin of life has spawned a large number
of possible evolutionary scenarios. Their number, however, can be dramatically reduced by …

Review of the aldol reaction

S Mandal, S Mandal, SK Ghosh, A Ghosh… - Synthetic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aldol condensation is an important synthetic method widely used in organic synthesis.
Development of catalytic methods that avoids the production of stoichiometric by-products …

Boosting the catalytic performance of zinc linked amino acid complex as an eco‐friendly for synthesis of novel pyrimidines in aqueous medium

EA Ahmed, AMM Soliman, AM Ali… - Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc linked amino acid complex, Zn (l‐proline) 2, is considered as a green catalyst for the
synthesis of novel series of pyrimidine derivatives 5a–q. The pyrimidines 5a–q were …