The allene functionality has participated in one of the most exciting voyages in organic
chemistry, from chemical curiosities to a recurring building block in modern organic …

Conspectus So far, over 150 natural products and pharmaceuticals containing an allene
moiety have been identified. During the last two decades, allenes have also been …

P, N ligands are an important class of ligands for asymmetric catalysis. In this tutorial review
an up to date account of recent applications of these ligands in asymmetric catalysis is …

Known for over a century, reactions that involve intramolecular hydride‐transfer events have
experienced a recent resurgence. Undoubtedly responsible for the increased interest in this …

While one-carbon central chirality of organic molecules has been recognized and
extensively studied for more than a century, far less attention has been paid to three-carbon …

The increasing synthetic utility of allenes in organic synthesis combined with their
incorporation into a growing list of natural products and active pharmaceutical ingredients …

The success of phosphine-oxazoline ligands (PHOX) inspired the progress in P-oxazoline
ligand families by modifying either the ligand backbone, the electronic and/or steric …

Axially chiral P, N-ligands have emerged as a powerful ligand class over time with
significant recent advances in terms of their synthesis, resolution, and applications to a …

Abstract α‐Allenol is a versatile synthon in organic synthesis. The catalytic asymmetric
synthesis of α‐allenols from readily available starting materials remains a prominent …

The general enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral disubstituted allenes from prochiral
starting materials remains a long-standing challenge in organic synthesis. Here, we report …