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) catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy in organic
synthesis. In recent years a number of reviews have been published on NHC‐catalyzed …

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis has emerged as a versatile tool in modern synthetic
chemistry. Further increasing the complexity, several processes have been introduced that …

First reported less than a decade ago, the α, β-unsaturated acyl azolium has emerged as a
central reactive intermediate for reaction discovery using N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis …

Chiral tertiary alcohols are an important class of organic compounds which have found wide
applications in both academia and industry. Therefore, various synthetic strategies towards …

The reaction of common acyl-metal species (acyl anion) with aldehydes to furnish acyloins
has received much less attention and specifically was restricted to using preformed …

Catalysis using N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has been widely employed for the
umpolung of aldehydes, and these reactions proceed via the generation of nucleophilic …

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions for the formation of aromatic compounds are
reviewed. The reactions are subdivided into 4 types based on their activation modes. A brief …

The recent advances in the N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC)‐organocatalyzed generation of
azolium enolate intermediates and their subsequent interception with electrophiles are …

The synthetic potential of imines as electrophiles or as a source of nucleophilic coupling
partner in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis for the synthesis of various nitrogen …