Despite the persistent presence of medium-sized (seven-to nine-membered) scaffolds in
natural products and biologically active molecules, their asymmetric syntheses have always …

Catalysis by trivalent nucleophilic organophosphines has emerged as an essential tool in
organic synthesis. Several new organic transformations promoted by phosphines …

A Lewis base-catalyzed intramolecular vinylogous aldol reaction of o-(allyloxy) phenyl
ketoesters or o-(allylamino) phenyl ketoesters has been developed. This reaction provides …

An efficient and practical phosphine-catalyzed homo-coupling reaction of benzyl chlorides is
described. The reactions proceed smoothly in the presence of CsF/B (OMe) 3 and NaH as …

The combined Lewis acid catalytic system, generated from (R)-1, 1'-bi-2, 2'-naphthol [(R)-
BINOL], Ti (O-iPr) 4, H2O, and lithium chloride, effectively catalyzed the enantioselective …