As two coexisting and fast-growing research fields in modern synthetic chemistry, the
merging of organocatalysis and C–H bond functionalization is well foreseeable, and the joint …

High acidity and structural confinement are pivotal elements in asymmetric acid catalysis.
The recently introduced imidodiphosphorimidate (IDPi) Brønsted acids have met with …

A versatile method for the rapid synthesis of diverse enantiomerically enriched lactones has
been developed based on Cu-catalyzed enantioselective radical oxyfunctionalization of …

A bifunctional iminophosphorane (BIMP)-catalyzed, enantioselective intramolecular oxa-
Michael reaction of alcohols to tethered, low electrophilicity Michael acceptors is described …

Despite recent advancements in the development of catalytic asymmetric electrophile
induced lactonization reactions of olefinic carboxylic acids, the archetypical …

A convenient and practical metal-free visible-light-promoted method to synthesize 3-
oxyalkylated quinoxalin-2 (1 H)-ones was developed at room temperature. The present …

Substituted tetrahydrofurans are commonly occurring substructures found in a broad array of
natural products and other biologically active molecules. For example, the annonaceous …

A phosphine-catalyzed novel [4+ 2] annulation process was devised employing allene
ketones as C2 synthons and β, γ-unsaturated α-keto esters as C4 synthons. In the presence …

In the present work, an asymmetric copper‐catalyzed radical multi‐component cascade
reaction of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborate, and …

Oxacyclic structures such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) rings are commonly found in many
bioactive compounds, and this has led to several efforts toward their stereoselective …