The development of novel synthetic strategies to form new chemical entities in a
stereoselective manner is an ongoing significant objective in organic and medicinal …

The cooperation and interplay between organic and metal catalyst systems is of utmost
importance in nature and chemical synthesis. Here innovative and selective cooperative …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) show great promise as heterogeneous photocatalysts,
but they have not yet been explored for asymmetric photocatalysis, which is important for the …

Integrated catalysis is an emerging methodology that can streamline the multi-step synthesis
of complicated products in a single reaction vessel, achieving a high degree of control and …

Surface ligands play critical roles in determining the surface properties of metal clusters.
However, modulating the properties and controlling the surface structure of clusters through …

Herein, we describe efficient nanogold-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions of alkynoic
acids and allenynamides to enol lactones and dihydropyrroles, respectively (the latter via an …

The preparation of optically pure fine chemicals is among the most important and
challenging tasks met by organic chemists. Recently, significant efforts have been focused …

Over the last ten years, the combination of organocatalysis with transition metal (TM)
catalysis has become one of the most important toolboxes used for synthesizing optically …

The strategy of employing oxa-Michael reaction in today's organic synthesis appears to be a
big success due to its high efficiency in the construction of Csingle bond O bonds. In this …

Mimicking the way nature synthesizes organic molecules, multi-catalyst relay catalysis
(MCRC), based on the seamless combination of a series of catalytic reactions, has emerged …