The hallmark of nucleophilic phosphine catalysis is the initial nucleophilic addition of a
phosphine to an electrophilic starting material, producing a reactive zwitterionic …

Asymmetric phosphine catalysis showcasing remarkable progress over the past two
decades has emerged as a key synthetic platform for the creation of molecular frameworks …

Conspectus Even though seminal reports on phosphine catalysis appeared in the 1960s, in
the last few decades of the past century trivalent phosphines were viewed primarily as useful …

Nucleophilic phosphine catalysis is a practical and powerful tool for the synthesis of various
heterocyclic compounds with the advantages of environmentally friendly, metal-free, and …

The principle of vinylogy states that the electronic effects of a functional group in a molecule
are possibly transmitted to a distal position through interposed conjugated multiple bonds …

In the last few years, the research area of chiral β-aminophosphines capable of promoting a
wide range of diverse organic transformations has attracted more attention. Their derivatives …

The first highly enantioselective phosphine‐catalyzed formal [4+ 4] annulation has been
developed. In the presence of amino‐acid‐derived phosphines, the unprecedented [4+ 4] …

A chiral amide-phosphine bifunctional catalyst was developed and successfully applied to
the asymmetric intermolecular cross-vinylogous Rauhut–Currier of alkyl vinyl ketones with …

Phosphine-catalyzed regiodivergent enantioselective C-2-and C-4-selective γ-additions of
oxazolones to 2, 3-butadienoates have been developed. The C-4-selective γ-addition of …

The first and asymmetric total synthesis of longeracinphyllin A, a hexacyclic Daphniphyllum
alkaloid, has been accomplished. A tetracyclic intermediate was prepared through silver …