N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy in organic
synthesis. In recent years a number of reviews have been published on NHC‐catalyzed …

Abstract Due to the competing 1, 4‐addition reactions and the distance from the chirality
information, the construction of a remote stereogenic center via 1, 6‐addition reactions is …

Here, we present an unprecedented formal [3+ 2] cycloaddition of para-quinone methides
with vinyl epoxides/cyclopropanes to deliver a wide range of spiro [4.5] decanes in high …

Although chiral allene preparation via formal SN2'nucleophilic substitutions of
enantioenriched propargylic derivatives or metal-catalyzed reactions of racemic propargylic …

A highly stereoselective organocatalytic 1, 6-conjugate addition of 3-substituted oxindoles to
para-quinone methides to construct all-carbon quaternary stereocenters is described. In the …

The Brønsted basicities p K aH (ie, p K a of the conjugate acids) of 32 pyrrolidines and
imidazolidinones, commonly used in organocatalytic reactions, have been determined …

Cascade reactions are powerful tools for rapidly assembling complex molecular
architectures from readily available starting materials in a single synthetic operation. Their …

The asymmetric construction of vicinal quaternary carbon stereocenters with at least one
moiety in acyclic systems is a formidable challenge. We disclose a solution involving …

A strategy for the N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 3, 5‐
diaryl substituted cyclohexenones has been developed via oxidative [4+ 2] annulation of …

An asymmetric doubly vinylogous Michael addition (DVMA) of α, β‐unsaturated γ‐
butyrolactams to sterically congested β‐substituted cyclic dienones with high site‐, diastereo …