N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) belong to the popular family of organocatalysts used in a
wide range of reactions, including that for the synthesis of complex natural products and …

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective kinetic resolutions, dynamic kinetic
resolutions, and desymmetrization reactions are systematically reviewed. The content is …

Radical/radical cross-coupling reactions represent an efficient and straightforward approach
for the construction of chemical bonds and accordingly have drawn increasing attention over …

A carbene-catalyzed chemoselective reaction of unsymmetric enedials is disclosed. The
reaction provides a concise access to bicyclic furo [2, 3-b] pyrroles derivatives in excellent …

The synthesis of amides is a long-term theme in chemistry and related areas. The use of
readily available and cost-effective precursors for straightforward amide synthesis with atom …

Catalytic asymmetric transformation is a powerful strategy for the introduction of chirality to
synthesize diverse nonracemic molecular entities. Chiral molecules play a significant role in …

Oxidative carbene organocatalysis, inspired from Vitamin B1 catalyzed oxidative activation
from pyruvate to acetyl coenzyme A, have been developed as a versatile synthetic method …

N‐Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis is a by now consolidated organocatalytic platform
for a number of synthetic (asymmetric) transformations via diverse reaction …

Covalent activation of heteroatoms enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organic
catalysts for enantioselective reactions is evaluated and summarized in this review. To date …

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is an attractive technology for display applications in
high-end electronics. Tetradentate Pt (II) complexes are phosphorescence emitters of great …