A growing world population and increasing energy demands are without a doubt the most
important challenges for mankind within this century. Catalysis is a key technology in various …

Organic compounds of biological importance often contain multiple stereogenic C-
heteroatom functional groups (eg amines, alcohols, and ethers). As a result, synthetic …

The highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of homoaldols via a transacetalization reaction
has been achieved. A novel phosphoric acid, STRIP, based on a spirocyclic 1, 1 …

A zerovalent copper-and cobalt-catalyzed direct coupling of the sp3 α-carbon of alcohols
with alkenes and hydroperoxides was developed in which the hydroperoxides acted as …

The direct β-coupling of cyclic ketones with aryl ketones has been achieved via the
synergistic combination of photoredox catalysis and organocatalysis. Diaryl oxymethyl or …

An efficient copper-catalyzed protocol for the synthesis of hydroxyl-containing quinoxalin-2
(1H)-ones from the radical reaction of quinoxalin-2 (1H)-ones with alcohols was developed …

A chromium‐catalyzed dimerization/hydroboration of allenes is developed to access
synthetically versatile boryl‐functionalized skipped dienes with a catalyst generated in situ …

The allylation of aldehydes is a fundamental transformation in synthetic organic chemistry.
Among the multitude of available reagents, allylsilanes especially have been established as …

The ring-opening of cyclopropanols is one of the most active areas of research and it has
been well documented in recent years owing to subsequent coupling with various partners …

The use of simple and low-cost chromium chloride salts as catalysts or precatalysts for the
development of cost-effective methods is of significant synthetic and mechanistic interest …