Photochemical Wolff Rearrangement Initiated Generation and Subsequent α-Chlorination of C1 Ammonium Enolates

D Weinzierl, M Piringer, P Zebrowski… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The enantioselective synthesis of α-chlorinated carboxylic acid esters with er up to 99: 1 and
yields up to 82% was achieved via a one-pot multistep protocol starting from α …

Asymmetric Synthesis of Benzofuranones with a C3 Quaternary Center via an Addition/Cyclization Cascade Using Noncovalent N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis

U Maji, S Das, A Baidya, I Roy, J Guin - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
An asymmetric addition/cyclization cascade of amidoesters and iminoquinones is developed
using noncovalent N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis. The process enables access to …