Covering: up to 2014 A wide variety of organisms communicate via the chemical channel
using small molecules. A structural feature quite often found is the lactone motif. In the …

The allyl–allyl cross-coupling reaction is one of the most important cross-coupling reactions
as it provides a practical synthetic route for the direct construction of 1, 5-dienes, which are …

A highly efficient and mild palladium‐catalyzed, one‐pot, four‐step cascade annulation has
been developed to afford functionalized β‐and γ‐lactones in moderate to good yields with …

A palladium‐catalyzed asymmetric allyl–allyl cross‐coupling of acetates of racemic Morita–
Baylis–Hillman adducts and allylB (pin) has been developed using a spiroketal‐based bis …

A highly enantioselective tandem Michael/ring‐closure reaction of α, β‐unsaturated
pyrazoleamides and amidomalonates has been accomplished in the presence of a chiral N …

Novel palladium-catalyzed cascade carboxylative annulation to construct functionalized γ-lactones
in ionic liquids - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CC48052F …

This review updates recent applications of asymmetric aziridination, azirination, thiirination,
epoxidation, and cyclopropanation in the total synthesis of biologically active compounds …

Kinetic resolution of racemic 3, 4-disubstituted 1, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydropyridines and 3, 4-
disubstituted 1, 4-dihydropyridines was developed by Rh-catalyzed asymmetric …

Green method, atom economy, and concise synthesis are terms frequently mentioned in
chemistry-related publications and presentations nowadays. Inspired by the requirements of …

The first example of dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of chiral unsaturated carboxylic acids
is described. The application of tandem metal–enzyme DKR is a powerful tool for the …