Recent developments in catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions have been summarized.
Enantioselective aldol reactions are important methods to synthesize β-hydroxy carbonyl …

Chiral molecules containing asymmetric carbon centers bonded with nitrogen are ubiquitous
in nature and also form important structural fragments in both natural and man-made …

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

Abstract The legacy of Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) pervades the lexicon of chemical
bonding and reactivity. The power of his concept of donor–acceptor bonding is evident in the …

High acidity and structural confinement are pivotal elements in asymmetric acid catalysis.
The recently introduced imidodiphosphorimidate (IDPi) Brønsted acids have met with …

Despite the impressive progress achieved in asymmetric catalysis during the last decade, an
increasing number of new catalysts, ligands, and applications are reported every year to …

Chiral tertiary alcohols and R-tertiary amines are important building blocks of naturally
occurring and artificial biologically active molecules. Although there are catalytic asymmetric …

There is a growing need in organic synthesis for efficient methodologies for the asymmetric
synthesis of quaternary carbon centres. One of the most attractive and straightforward …

The reduction of diverse functional groups is an essential protocol in organic chemistry.
Transition-metal catalysis has been successfully applied to the reduction of olefins, alkynes …

Enantioselective catalytic formation of tertiary stereogenic centers has nowadays reached
an impressive level of maturity, as is reflected in the large variety of available methods that …