The construction of carbon− carbon bonds, along with the creation of stereogenic carbon
centers, continues to be an appealing and demanding area of research, and processes in …

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 …

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 …

This review covers reactions where iminium ions are likely to be active intermediates in the
catalytic cycle. The focus of the review is on synthetically useful protocols and smallmolecule …

Asymmetric aldol reactions are a powerful method for the construction of carbon–carbon
bonds in an enantioselective fashion. Historically this reaction has been performed in a …

Catalysis with chiral secondary amines (asymmetric aminocatalysis) has become a well‐
established and powerful synthetic tool for the chemo‐and enantioselective functionalization …

The current status of organic synthesis is hampered by costly protecting‐group strategies
and lengthy purification procedures after each synthetic step. To circumvent these problems …

Enamines and imines have long been recognized as key intermediates in enzyme catalysis,
particularly within a class of enzymes organic chemists would very much like to emulate, the …

The field of asymmetric organocatalysis is rapidly developing and attracts an increasing
number of research groups around the world. Here we present a brief overview of this area …

Several strategies are available for enantioselective catalysis, including heterogeneous
catalysis, Brųnsted or Lewis acid and base catalysis, homogeneous transition-metal …