Phenols are important starting materials, intermediates, and functional elements of a very
broad range of chemicals and materials. They are large-volume products of benzene …

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

Chiral analogues of squaramides have been fruitful in organocatalyzed asymmetric
reactions over last decade. Alongside other H‐bonding catalysts like ureas, thioureas …

Synthesis of complex organic molecules from simple, cheap, and readily available starting
materials is one of the most challenging and desirable factors in organic synthesis. In the …

The first visible‐light‐promoted dearomative fluoroalkylation of β‐naphthols was realized
without the assistance of any transition‐metal catalysts or external photosensitizers …

Spiroaminals represent novel structural motifs prevalent in diverse natural products and
biologically active molecules. Achieving their enantioselective synthesis is a highly …

A unified strategy has been developed to utilize hydrazine hydrate in asymmetric organic
synthesis by overcoming the rapid background reaction with dienone. The H-bond donor …

An organocatalyzed dearomative aza-Michael/Michael addition cascade of 2-
nitrobenzofurans and 2-nitrobenzothiophenes with 2-aminochalcones has been developed …

A catalytic asymmetric hydroxylative dearomatization reaction has been disclosed, and the
products can smoothly transform into spiroannulation adducts by simply treated with a base …

Switching the chemo-or regioselectivity from identical starting materials under readily
tunable reaction conditions represents a great challenge in medicinal and synthetic organic …