Small-ring heterocycles have found many applications both as useful starting materials in
the synthesis of more elaborate structures and as valuable targets of synthesis. Our review …

This review highlights a number of recent developments in the field of main group
enantioselective catalysis. Many essential transformations can be effected catalytically such …

This review updates the recent developments in asymmetric aziridination using chiral
substrates as well as chiral catalysts, covering the literature since the beginning of 2010. It …

Aziridine ring opening reactions have gained tremendous importance in the synthesis of
nitrogen containing biologically active molecules. During recent years, a great effort has …

The plasma membrane of cells contains a diverse array of lipids that provide important
structural and biological features. Glycolipids are typically a minor component of the cell …

Aziridines (azacyclopropanes) constitute the well-known class of heterocyclic compounds.
The studies on synthesis and reactivity of aziridines have drawn tremendous interest of …

N-Mesyloxycarbamates undergo intramolecular C–H amination reactions to afford
oxazolidinones in good to excellent yields in the presence of rhodium (II) carboxylate …

Aziridines, the nitrogen counterparts of epoxides, are among the most challenging and
intriguing heterocycles in organic chemistry, since they not only represent the endpoints of …

An effective catalyst has been developed for the three-component reaction of aldehydes,
anilines and phosphites in an asymmetric catalytic Kabachnik–Fields reaction to give α …

This review updates recent applications of asymmetric aziridination, azirination, thiirination,
epoxidation, and cyclopropanation in the total synthesis of biologically active compounds …