Chiral salen–metal complexes are among the most versatile asymmetric catalysts and have
found utility in fields ranging from materials chemistry to organic synthesis. These complexes …

While tremendous advances have been made in asymmetric synthesis, the resolution of
racemates is still the most important industrial approach to the synthesis of chiral …

1. INTRODUCTION The catalysis of organic reactions by metals still constitutes one of the
most useful and powerful tools in organic synthesis. 1 Although asymmetric synthesis is …

This review concentrates on success stories from the synthesis of approved medicines and
drug candidates using epoxide chemistry in the development of robust and efficient …

Epoxides are valuable intermediates for the stereocontrolled synthesis of complex organic
compounds, and their utility has expanded dramatically with the advent of practical …

This review summarises the cobalt-catalysed reactions of the years 2008 through 2014.
Covered are addition reactions, such as the hydrogenation of double bonds, the addition of …

N-Mesyloxycarbamates undergo intramolecular C–H amination reactions to afford
oxazolidinones in good to excellent yields in the presence of rhodium (II) carboxylate …

A practical catalytic method for enantioselective addition of an allene unit to aldimines is
disclosed. Transformations are promoted by an in-situ-generated B-based catalyst that is …

New chiral macrocyclic cobalt (III) salen complexes were synthesized and used as catalyst
for the asymmetric kinetic resolution (AKR) of terminal epoxides and glycidyl ethers with …

A one pot, highly regioselective synthesis of racemic 3, 3′-spiro-phosphonylpyrazole-
oxindole by 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of an in situ generated anion of dialkyl 1 …