The introduction of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) has favoured the recovery of catalysts
with techniques of magnetic separation. Moreover, the small size of these functionalized …

Chiral metal nanoparticle-catalyzed asymmetric C–C bond formation reactions - Chemical
Society Reviews (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CS60298B Royal Society of Chemistry …

Optically active α-arylation carbonyl units are widely present in a wide variety of drugs,
bioactive natural products, and valuable pharmacologically active molecules. Catalytic …

The considerable importance of α-arylated carbonyl compounds, which are widely used as
final products or as key intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry, has prompted …

The development of chiral solid catalysts using strategies different from conventional
heterogenization methods is of great importance for efficient heterogeneous asymmetric …

A highly enantioselective chlorination/ring expansion cascade for the construction of
cycloalkanones with an all-carbon quaternary center was realized (up to 97% ee). Oxa …

The use of chiral ligand-modified metal nanoparticles is a promising strategy for constructing
active and robust asymmetric catalyst systems. A recent advance in such catalyst systems for …

Recently, the dynamic nature of the metal-NHC bond has been proposed and the key role of
chemical evolution in changing the nature of catalytically active sites is now an emerging …

Set the ace (tone): A palladium catalyst derived from the bidentate XantPhos ligand and Pd
(OAc) 2 has enabled broadly applicable mono‐α‐arylations of acetone to be performed with …

α-Arylation of ketones with electron rich arenes via sp2 (C)–H has been achieved by the
reaction of α-phenylselanylketones using organic photoredox catalysis. The reaction …