Kinetic resolution, dynamic kinetic resolution and desymmetrization are practical methods to
produce enantioenriched products from relatively simple racemic or achiral starting …

Enantioselective desymmetrization of prochiral cyclohexadienones and kinetic resolution of
racemic cyclohexadienones are powerful strategies for the construction of enantiomerically …

Desymmetrization of prochiral or meso-substrates bearing pre-existing stereogenic centers
has proven to be a practical and efficient strategy in synthetic chemistry and has attracted …

The intermolecular transformation of simple substrates into highly functionalized scaffolds
with multiple stereogenic centers is an attractive strategy in modern organic synthesis …

Compounds bearing oxa-quaternary carbon centers, such as chiral tertiary alcohols, ethers,
esters, and acetals, are widely found in a number of bioactive compounds, natural products …

Organoboron acids are stable, organic-soluble Lewis acids with potential application as
catalysts for a wide variety of chemical reactions. In this review, we summarize the utility of …

Selectivity control in catalytic carbene insertions is known to be dominated by the adjustment
of both the electronic and steric properties of metal complexes. Herein, we report a …

The kinetic resolution (KR) of racemates is one of the most widely used approaches to
access enantiomerically pure compounds. Over the past two decades, catalytic …

Synthesis of complex organic molecules from simple, cheap, and readily available starting
materials is one of the most challenging and desirable factors in organic synthesis. In the …

Chiral tertiary alcohol is widely present in a series of bioactive compounds, natural products
and pharmaceuticals. Consequently, the development of efficient asymmetric catalytic …