Conspectus Enantiopure atropisomers have become increasingly important in asymmetric
synthesis and catalysis, pharmaceutical science, and material science since the discovery of …

Acylsilanes are a fascinating class of compounds that display a number of distinctive
chemical and physical properties. The unique reactivity pattern of the acylsilane functional …

The highly enantioselective addition of Grignard reagents to acylsilanes is catalyzed by
copper diphosphine complexes. This transformation affords α‐silylated tertiary alcohols in …

Acylsilanes are of wide interest and have been investigated as an important class of organic
reaction intermediates with superior chemical and physical properties. Various synthetic …

The organosilicon-mediated organic synthesis (SiMOS) has attracted much attention over
the recent decades. However, the use of organosilicon reagents with novel catalytic …

Herein, we report an efficient metal-free system for the transfer hydrogenation of esters and
carbonates by-passing the otherwise ubiquitous formation of transesterification side …

A direct organocatalytic asymmetric vinylogous aldol reaction of allyl aryl ketones to silyl
glyoxylates has been developed through the bifunctional catalyst, giving the α …

An interesting group of multifunctional phosphines (Ar‐BINMOL‐Phos; Ar‐BINMOL= 1, 1′‐
binaphthalene‐2‐α‐arylmethanol‐2′‐ol) with multi‐stereogenic centers of axial and sp3 …

α-Silyl alcohols are powerful structural motifs for pharmaceutical chemistry, materials
chemistry, and organic synthesis. The limitations of current synthetic techniques encompass …

Zwitterionic Lewis pair (LP) catalysis is potent towards the polymerization of lactone
monomers to form cyclic polymers. In pursuit of faster polymerization kinetics, the use of …