Beyond a doubt organocatalysis belongs to the most exciting and innovative chapters of
organic chemistry today. Organocatalysis has emerged not only as a complement to metal …

This Minireview summarizes strategies and developments regarding the use of hydrazones
as reagents in asymmetric organocatalysis, their distinct roles in nucleophile–electrophile …

A new light‐driven asymmetric ion‐pair catalysis procedure for the metal‐free
enantioselective hydrogenation of in situ generated pyrylium ions from readily available …

An enantioselective addition of thiols and alcohols to aza‐ortho‐quinone methides, starting
from diaryl methanols, was developed. The asymmetric additions occur under mild reaction …

A scalable, one‐pot, enantioselective catalytic synthesis of 2‐pyrazolines from beta‐
substituted enones and hydrazines is described. Pivoting on a two‐stage catalytic Michael …

Electrocyclic reactions are reliable, powerful, synthetic tools for the generation of complex
molecules in synthetic organic chemistry.[1, 2] However, whereas other pericyclic reactions …

A Pd‐catalyzed heterocyclization/carbonylation cascade reaction encompassing the
formation of 3 new bonds, affording dihydropyrazole‐esters in moderate to excellent yields …

Highly efficient synthesis of optically enriched pyrrolobenzo‐1, 4‐diazines bearing
quaternary stereocenters has been realized through the chiral Brønsted acid‐catalyzed …

The first catalytic asymmetric inverse electron demand 1, 3‐dipolar cycloaddition of
azomethine imines with enecarbamates has been developed. Isoquinoline‐fused …

Desymmetrization of the divinyl carbinol 1, 4‐pentadien‐3‐ol was accomplished by the
asymmetric 1, 3‐dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines based on a magnesium …