An enantiomerically enriched 3-hydroxymethyl pentenal unit is one of the key structural
cores in plenty of natural products and drug candidates with significant biological activities …

Chiral δ-carbonyl phosphates and their derivatives represent important structural units
frequently found in natural products and biologically active molecules and have been …

We described herein a neoteric enantioselective cascade Michael/acyl transfer reaction of
enynones and α-hydroxy aryl ketones catalyzed by dinuclear zinc cooperative catalysis. A …

An asymmetric retro-Claisen reaction of α-monosubstituted β-diketones and quinones (or
quinone imine) has been developed under the catalysis of a chiral aza-bisoxazoline–Zn (II) …

An efficient diastereo-and enantioselective direct vinylogous Michael–oxa-Michael
sequence between 5-alkenyl thiazolones and isopropylidene oxindoles has been …

An enantioselective approach for synthesizing fluorinated azaarenes containing vicinal
quaternary–tertiary stereocenters is summarized. The chiral copper (I)–phosphine complex …

An organocatalytic asymmetric cascade Michael-acyl transfer reaction of 2-
hydroxynitrostyrenes and monofluorinated β-diketones has been developed employing a …

Reaction of glycine-based dithiocarbamates with nitroalkenes in the presence of acetic
anhydride was utilized for the synthesis of fully substituted 2-(alkylsulfanyl)-4-(nitroalkyl)-5 …

A survey of the key advances in the methods for the synthesis of thiazoles, benzothiazoles,
fused thiazoles, and isothiazoles from the 2021 literature is presented. A wide range of …