Where chemocatalysis meets biocatalysis: In water

H Gröger, F Gallou, BH Lipshutz - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemoenzymatic catalysis, by definition, involves the merging of sequential reactions using
both chemocatalysis and biocatalysis, typically in a single reaction vessel. A major …

Organocatalysis in inert C–H bond functionalization

Y Qin, L Zhu, S Luo - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
As two coexisting and fast-growing research fields in modern synthetic chemistry, the
merging of organocatalysis and C–H bond functionalization is well foreseeable, and the joint …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in organoboron chemistry: old dogs, new tricks

JWB Fyfe, AJB Watson - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
Organoboron reagents are one of the most widely studied and applied classes of reagent
throughout organic synthesis and catalysis. Not only are these reagents integral to many of …

Catalytic C–C bond-forming multi-component cascade or domino reactions: Pushing the boundaries of complexity in asymmetric organocatalysis

CMR Volla, I Atodiresei, M Rueping - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The construction of carbon− carbon bonds, along with the creation of stereogenic carbon
centers, continues to be an appealing and demanding area of research, and processes in …

Bifunctional amine‐squaramides: powerful hydrogen‐bonding organocatalysts for asymmetric domino/cascade reactions

P Chauhan, S Mahajan, U Kaya… - … Synthesis & Catalysis, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Organocatalytic domino/cascade reactions provide a convenient method for the construction
of complex molecular structures bearing multiple stereocenters in a highly stereoselective …

Organocatalytic asymmetric assembly reactions: synthesis of spirooxindoles via organocascade strategies

D Cheng, Y Ishihara, B Tan, CF Barbas III - Acs Catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
Spirooxindoles have become a privileged skeleton given their broad and promising
activities in various therapeutic areas. The strategies and catalyst systems described here …

Fundamentals of green chemistry: efficiency in reaction design

RA Sheldon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
In this tutorial review, the fundamental concepts underlying the principles of green and
sustainable chemistry-atom and step economy and the E factor-are presented, within the …

Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond

X Bugaut, F Glorius - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The umpolung strategy encompasses all the methods that make organic molecules react in
an inverse manner compared to their innate polarity-driven reactivity. This concept entered …

Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis

JMR Narayanam, CRJ Stephenson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of visible light sensitization as a means to initiate organic reactions is attractive due
to the lack of visible light absorbance by organic compounds, reducing side reactions often …

Photoorganocatalysis. what for?

D Ravelli, M Fagnoni, A Albini - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In the reactions reviewed, an organic molecule under irradiation catalyzes a chemical
reaction. The activation is based either on hydrogen or on electron transfer. Commonly used …