Alkylation reactions represent an important organic transformation to form C–C bonds. In
addition to conventional approaches with alkyl halides or sulfonates as alkylating agents …

This review deals with the application of ruthenium and osmium complexes in Csingle
bondC bond-forming reactions by borrowing hydrogen (BH) or hydrogen autotransfer (HA) …

Asymmetric aldol additions using chlorotitanium enolates of N-acyloxazolidinone,
oxazolidinethione, and thiazolidinethione propionates proceed with high diastereoselectivity …

Proper design of acid− base catalysis has been shown to be effective for achieving high
reactivity and selectivity in the asymmetric direct aldol reaction during the development of …

Use of abundant feedstock pronucleophiles in catalytic carbonyl reductive coupling
enhances efficiency in target‐oriented synthesis. For such reactions, equally inexpensive …

This review article describes the use of some of the most popular chiral auxiliaries in the
asymmetric synthesis of biologically active compounds. Chiral auxiliaries derived from …

Asymmetric aldol reactions of oxazolidinones as chiral auxiliaries have been achieved and
attracted significant consideration as one of the most powerful synthetic tools for the carbon …

Organic carbamates are a stable class of compounds derived from the unstable carbamic
acid (H2NeCOOH) by substitution of the amino and carboxyl moieties with various kinds of …

The development and application of stereoselective and site-selective catalytic methods that
directly convert lower alcohols to higher alcohols are described. These processes merge the …

The main recent conceptual advances in asymmetric aldol reactions are presented. Methods
ranging from stoichiometric chiral auxiliary‐mediated to direct, catalytic reactions are …