This Review compiles the evolution, mechanistic understanding, and more recent advances
in enantioselective Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution and decarboxylative and oxidative allylic …

Piperidines are among the most important synthetic fragments for designing drugs and play
a significant role in the pharmaceutical industry. Their derivatives are present in more than …

Medium-sized heterocycles are widespread among a spectrum of structurally intriguing and
biologically significant natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Metal-catalyzed high …

Conspectus Catalytic asymmetric cycloadditions and cascade cyclizations are a major focus
for the enantioselective construction of chiral carbo-and heterocycles. A number of chiral …

Nitrones are important compounds and are highly useful in many aspects. The first part
describes the methods for synthesis of nitrones, which are useful and environmentally …

Metal carbenes usually possess versatile reactivities that are controlled by the presence of
both the metals and the ligands. Diazo compounds are commonly used for the generation of …

Enoldiazo esters and amides have proven to be versatile reagents for cycloaddition
reactions that allow highly efficient construction of various carbocycles and heterocycles …

Indole-based chiral heterocycles constitute a class of important heterocyclic compounds that
are found in numerous natural products, pharmaceuticals, pesticide, and functional …

Bioorthogonal chemical reactions have emerged as convenient and rapid methods for
incorporating unnatural functionality into living systems. Different prototype reactions have …

The first copper-catalyzed asymmetric decarboxylative [4+ 1] cycloaddition of propargylic
carbamates and sulfur ylides was successfully developed. This strategy led to a series of …