Recent developments in catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions have been summarized.
Enantioselective aldol reactions are important methods to synthesize β-hydroxy carbonyl …

The structural complexity of glycans poses a serious challenge in the chemical synthesis of
glycosides, oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Glycan complexity, determined by …

This Perspective presents an overview of catalytic enantioselective transformations that
allow convenient access to all stereoisomers of a given product with multiple stereogenic …

Recent developments of stereoselective biocatalytic and chemocatalytic methods are
discussed. The review provides a guide to the use of biocatalytic methods in the area of …

Self-assembly of molecules often results in new emerging properties. Even very short
peptides can self-assemble into structures with a variety of physical and structural …

The catalysis by primary and secondary amines of electrophilic substitution reactions in the
R-position of carbonyl compounds and related reactions via enamine intermediates is called …

Enantioselective synthesis with small-molecule chiral hydrogen-bond donors has emerged
as a frontier of research in the field of asymmetric catalysis. Organic chemists have …

Asymmetric organocatalysis has experienced an incredible development since the
beginning of this century. The expansion of the field has led to a large number of efficient …

It was found that the phosphoric acid derivatives of general structure 1 serve as highly
effective catalysts for the direct addition of acetyl acetone to N-Boc-protected arylimines. The …

The term “organocatalysis” describes the acceleration of chemical reactions through the
addition of a substoichiometric quantity of an organic compound. The interest in this field has …