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Conspectus This Account is aimed at highlighting the recent developments in the N-
heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed generation of α, β-unsaturated acylazolium …

N‐Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis has been developed as an important
approach in modern organic synthesis. Versatile activation modes within NHC …

1. INTRODUCTION Indoline-2, 3-dione or indole-1H-2, 3-dione (Figure 1), commonly known
as isatin, is a well-known natural product found in plants of genus Isatis and in Couropita …

Catalytic, stereoselective N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions facilitate efficient
construction of many different heterocyclic compounds, such as the enantioenriched 5 …

The asymmetric organocatalysis is definitely one of the most powerful and versatile tools for
the rapid construction of various spirocyclic oxindoles. In the past few years, a number of …

γ-Butenolides, γ-butyrolactones, and derivatives, especially in enantiomerically pure form,
constitute the structural core of numerous natural products which display an impressive …

In the investigation of efficient chemical transformations, the carbon-carbon bond-forming
reactions play an outstanding role. In this context, organocatalytic processes have achieved …

The use of NHCs for generating homoenolate species has gained widespread popularity in
recent years. A number of highly stereoselective processes of NHC-homoenolates have …

Organocatalyzed reactions represent an attractive alternative to metal‐catalyzed processes
notably because of their lower cost and benign environmental impact in comparison to …