The Michael addition reaction represents one of the most powerful methods for the formation
of carbon–carbon bonds in organic synthesis. Thanks to the rapid development of …

Beyond a doubt organocatalysis belongs to the most exciting and innovative chapters of
organic chemistry today. Organocatalysis has emerged not only as a complement to metal …

Pd (II)-catalyzed enantioselective C–H activation of phenylacetic acids followed by an
intramolecular C–O bond formation afforded chiral benzofuranones. This reaction provides …

Recent progress in asymmetric organocatalysis has led to the development of several
asymmetric transformations that employ various substrates. Among these substrates …

Inspirierende Reaktivität: Eine Serie von quartären P‐Spirophosphoniumsalzen wurde
entworfen, hergestellt und erstmals in der hoch enantioselektiven Aminierung von …

Exploiting the Modularity of Ion-Paired Chiral Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed
Enantioselective Allylation of Benzofuran-2(3H)-ones | Journal of the American Chemical …

The first regioselective catalytic asymmetric [3+ 2] cycloaddition of benzofuranone-derived
olefins with allenoates and substituted allenoates has been developed in the presence of …

The catalytic asymmetric total syntheses of (−)‐galanthamine (1) and (−)‐lycoramine (2)
have been achieved by using a conceptually new strategy featuring two metal‐catalyzed …

Competition under control: A practical and efficient direct asymmetric vinylogous Michael
reaction of deconjugated butenolides has been developed (see scheme). The products of …

The chiral benzofuranone structural motif is a prominent feature in many natural products,
which exhibit a broad range of biological and pharmaceutical activities. In the past few …