Synergistic catalysis, a type of plural catalysis which utilizes at least two different catalysts to
enable a reaction between two separately activated substrates, has unlocked a plethora of …

Conspectus Chain-walking offers extensive opportunities for innovating synthetic methods
that involve constructing chemical bonds at unconventional sites. This approach provides …

Organoboronates represent a cornerstone functional group in modern synthesis owing to
their unique reactivity and divergent synthetic capability. Copper catalysis has become one …

Although known for over 90 years, only in the past two decades has the chemistry of diboron
(4) compounds been extensively explored. Many interesting structural features and reaction …

The emergence of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands across the Periodic Table had an
impact on various aspects of the coordination, organometallic, and catalytic chemistry of the …

Organoboron compounds are valuable synthetic intermediates that find application in a
diverse variety of processes including both C–X and C–C bond-forming transformations …

Alkenylboranes have been vital reagents in modern synthetic organic chemistry, whose
carbon–boron bond is transformable into a carbon–carbon bond stereoretentively to give …

Transition metal-catalysed cross-coupling reactions are widely used for construction of
carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds. However, compared to aryl or alkenyl …

Three‐component reactions can directly convert three reactants into the desired products in
one pot and thus greatly shorten the synthetic path. Recently, transition‐metal catalysis has …

Non‐racemic chiral boronic esters are recognised as immensely valuable building blocks in
modern organic synthesis. Their stereospecific transformation into a variety of functional …