Metal carbene, as a reactive intermediate, has shown versatile applications in modern
organic synthesis. One of the priorities in this area is exploration of stable carbene …

As one of the abundant and inexpensive metals on the earth, copper has demonstrated
broad applications in synthetic chemistry and catalysis. Among these copper-catalyzed …

cis-Delivery of H2 to the π-system of an unsaturated substrate is the canonical course of
metal catalyzed hydrogenation reactions. The semireduction of internal alkynes with the aid …

The hydrogenation of internal alkynes with [Cp* Ru]-based catalysts is distinguished by an
unorthodox stereochemical course in that E-alkenes are formed by trans-delivery of the two …

A stereodivergent synthesis of five‐membered N‐heterocycles, such as 2, 3‐
dihydropyrroles, and 2‐methylene and 3‐methylene pyrrolidines, has been developed …

gem-Hydrogenation of an internal alkyne with the aid of [Cp* RuCl] 4 as the precatalyst is a
highly unorthodox transformation, in which one C atom of the triple bond is transformed into …

Ketones and aldehydes are employed as enol O-nucleophiles in an iridium-catalyzed
asymmetric allylic substitution reaction. The reaction proceeds well in the presence of a well …

Cycloaddition reactions offer great advantages regarding atom and step economy for the
construction of various carbocycles and heterocycles. While the recent development based …

Carbene cascade reactions involving carbene/alkyne metathesis have attracted much
attention over the past decades because this chemistry offers great potential to build …

A general access to chiral dihydroindole derivatives in high yields is achieved by C–H
functionalization in a highly site-and enantioselective cascade reaction of propargyl …