Conspectus Merging the characteristics of transfer hydrogenation and carbonyl addition, we
have developed a new class of catalytic enantioselective C–C bond formations. In these …

The chemistry of organoelement compounds is now one of the most rapidly developing
fields of research, regarding both fundamental science and solution of applied problems …

Organomagnesium reagents occupy a central position in synthetic organic and
organometallic chemistry. Recently, the halogen–magnesium exchange has considerably …

A comprehensive program for the synthesis of natural (or unnatural) products is analogous
to the construction of a pyramid. Careful planning followed by installation of numerous levels …

The presence of heterocyclic moieties in all kinds of organic compounds of interest in
biology, pharmacology, optics, electronics, material sciences, and so on is sufficiently known …

The oxazole is a five-membered aromatic heterocycle that contains both oxygen and
nitrogen. Oxazoles are numbered around the ring starting at the oxygen atom as shown …

Use of abundant feedstock pronucleophiles in catalytic carbonyl reductive coupling
enhances efficiency in target‐oriented synthesis. For such reactions, equally inexpensive …

Asymmetry is ubiquitous in every part of Nature1 and has a great impact in many fields, not
only in chemistry but also even in arts. In the pharmaceutical area, asymmetry plays an …

Six-membered oxygenated heterocycles, or pyrans, are probably one of the most common
structural motifs spread across natural products, from simple glucose to structurally complex …

The synthetic utility and potential power of the Diels–Alder (D–A) reaction in organic
chemistry is evident. These significances have been extended to the synthesis of a plethora …