Since the groundbreaking reports by the groups of Akiyama and Terada on the use of BINOL-
derived phosphoric acids as organocatalysts, 1, 2 the area of enantioselective Brønsted acid …

A remaining challenge in the synthetic chemistry field is formation of all-carbon quaternary
centers, a feature found in many natural products, particularly in spirocycle systems. 1 …

A new organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of 1, 1-
diarylethanes is described. Under mild conditions, a range of 1, 1-diarylethanes substituted …

Described is an efficient catalytic asymmetric intermolecular C C bond‐formation process
to generate acyclic all‐carbon quaternary stereocenters. The reactions overcome the …

Synthesis of biologically active molecules (whether at laboratory or industrial scale) remains
a highly appealing area of modern organic chemistry. Nowadays, the need to access …

Chiral imidodiphosphates (IDPs) have emerged as strong Brønsted acid catalysts for many
enantioselective processes. However, the dynamic transformation between O, O‐syn and O …

In straitened circumstances: In an asymmetric version of the acid‐catalyzed acetalization of
aldehydes, a novel member of the chiral confined Brønsted acid family significantly …

A novel approach to hemiaminal synthesis via palladium-catalyzed C–N coupling with chiral
bisphosphine mono-oxides is described. This efficient new method exhibits a broad scope …

The first catalytic asymmetric intermolecular alcohol conjugate addition to o-quinone
methides (o-QMs) is disclosed. Due to reversible C–O bond formation and low …

Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric addition of naphthols to para -quinone methides -
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C6OB00125D Royal Society …