The catalysis by primary and secondary amines of electrophilic substitution reactions in the
R-position of carbonyl compounds and related reactions via enamine intermediates is called …

Catalysis with chiral secondary amines (asymmetric aminocatalysis) has become a well‐
established and powerful synthetic tool for the chemo‐and enantioselective functionalization …

The asymmetric organocatalytic conjugate addition of nucleophiles to Michael acceptors is
reviewed. Herein an overview of the most important developments and concepts of this …

Chiral, metal-free Brønsted bases have been demonstrated capable of catalyzing several
types of C–C and C–X bond-forming reactions with high chemical and stereochemical …

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Die Katalyse mit chiralen sekundären Aminen (asymmetrische Aminokatalyse) ist ein
leistungsfähiges Verfahren zur chemo‐und enantioselektiven Funktionalisierung von …

Significance: The authors designed tripeptide 1 as an efficient organocatalyst for the
asymmetric conjugate addition reactions between aldehydes and nitroolefins. The authors …

Simple cinchona alkaloid derivatives, available via a one-pot procedure from commercially
available starting materials, have been shown to promote highly enantio-and …

A new class of thiourea catalysts have been developed which integrate saccharide and
primary amine moieties into one small organic molecule. These simple catalysts are shown …

A novel strategy for the catalytic asymmetric Michael addition of aldehydes to nitroolefins on
water has been developed and provided the Michael adducts in excellent diastereo-and …