Widespread outbreak of numerous infectious diseases and metabolic disorders across the
globe has created awareness among the chemists for novel design and synthesis of natural …

Transition‐metal‐free carbon‐carbon bond forming reactions have drawn great interest
because they are operationally simple, cost‐effective and environmentally benign. However …

A Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of aromatic ketones with α-oxocarboxylic acids
was developed, and 1, 2-diacylbenzenes were formed in up to 90% yield with excellent …

3-Hydroxyindanone is an important scaffold in many natural products, biologically active
compounds, and functional materials. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the …

Traditionally, the reductive aldol reaction is a metal-catalyzed and hydride-promoted
coupling between enones and aldehydes. We present a phosphine-mediated …

The asymmetric synthesis of 3-alkyl-3-hydroxyindolin-2-ones via direct aldol reaction of
isatin with ketones catalyzed by natural amino acid salts is described, in which the …

The use of organocatalysis has simplified and increased the potential of synthetic
approaches to natural products. Different aspects, regarding applications and even …

Herein, an efficient metal-free intramolecular aldol reaction for the synthesis of an unusual
class of cyclopentanoids is described. The reaction of α-substituted dienones tethered with …

Innovative therapeutic modalities for pharmacological intervention of transforming growth
factor β (TGFβ)‐dependent diseases are of great value. b‐Annelated 1, 4‐dihydropyridines …

The synthesis of 3-acetoxyindanones and (hetero) arene-fused dihydrotropones was
achieved via divergent annulation cascades. Under mild aqueous and basic conditions, α …