Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropisomers via Vinylidene ortho-Quinone Methides (VQMs)

W Qin, Y Liu, H Yan - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atropisomers, arising from conformational restriction, are inherently chiral due
to the intersecting dissymmetric planes. Since there are numerous applications of …

Atroposelective transformation of axially chiral (hetero) biaryls. From desymmetrization to modern resolution strategies

JA Carmona, C Rodríguez-Franco… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review provides a systematic overview of the available methodologies for the
atroposelective transformation of (heterobiaryl) biaryl precursors toward the synthesis of …

Carbene‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers

R Song, Y Xie, Z Jin, YR Chi - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atropisomeric molecules have found proven applications and have shown promising
potential in chemistry and medicine. The design of N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed …

Construction of axially chiral compounds via asymmetric organocatalysis

YB Wang, B Tan - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Axially chiral compounds have received much attention from chemists because
of their widespread appearance in natural products, biologically active compounds, and …

Recent progress toward the construction of axially chiral molecules catalyzed by an N-heterocyclic carbene

J Wang, C Zhao, J Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Axial chirality widely exists in natural products, pharmaceutical compounds, and other
functional molecules; these axially chiral compounds also find wide utility as catalysts or …

Organocatalytic diastereo-and atroposelective construction of N–N axially chiral pyrroles and indoles

SJ Wang, X Wang, X Xin, S Zhang, H Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The construction of N–N axially chiral motifs is an important research topic, owing to their
wide occurrence in natural products, pharmaceuticals and chiral ligands. One efficient …

Catalytic enantioselective construction of spiro quaternary carbon stereocenters

PW Xu, JS Yu, C Chen, ZY Cao, F Zhou, J Zhou - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
The catalytic enantioselective assembly of spirocyclic molecules featuring a spiro quaternary
carbon stereocenter is currently of great interest because such privileged 3D structures are …

Enantioselective Synthesis of C− O Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers by NHC‐Catalyzed Atroposelective Desymmetrization

S Shee, S Shree Ranganathappa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Axially chiral diaryl ethers, a distinguished class of atropisomers possessing unique dual C−
O axis, hold immense potential for diverse research domains. In contrast to the catalytic …

Tale of the Breslow intermediate, a central player in N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis: then and now

M Pareek, Y Reddi, RB Sunoj - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Recent advances and new concepts for the synthesis of axially stereoenriched biaryls

J Wencel-Delord, A Panossian, FR Leroux… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Axial chirality is a key feature of many important organic molecules, such as biologically
active compounds, stereogenic ligands and optically pure materials. Significant efforts in the …