A defining characteristic of nearly all catalytically functional MOFs is uniform, molecular-
scale porosity. MOF pores, linkers and nodes that define them, help regulate reactant and …

This critical review discusses historical and contemporary research in the field of transition
metal-catalyzed carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bond activation through the lens of …

Although chiral phosphines have enjoyed a longtime popularity in the design of
enantioselective catalytic systems, there has been a recent renaissance in the use of …

Allylic alcohols represent an important and highly versatile class of chiral building blocks for
organic synthesis. This Review summarizes the plethora of methods developed for the …

Tying up loose ends: Recent advances towards a development of novel transition‐metal‐
catalyzed enantioselective [2+ 2+ 2] cycloadditions for the synthesis of biaryls are …

The controlled oxidation of C–H bonds is one of the most challenging and difficult reactions
in organic chemistry. Generally, it requires either stoichiometric amounts of toxic heavy metal …

Kharasch and Sosnovsky reported the allylic oxidation of alkenes to give racemic allylic
benzoates. This could be achieved efficiently using a tert‐butyl perester as the oxidant, in …

Asymmetric transformations using catalytic metal complexes to produce functionalized
intermediates continue to be indispensable in many areas. 1 The synthesis of natural …

Catalytic asymmetric allylic oxidation of cyclic olefins ocurrs for the first time in very high (94−
99% ee) enantioselectivity using copper (I) complexes of malonyl derived bisoxazolines and …

A series of modular bipyridine-type ligands 1 and 3− 9 has been synthesized via a de novo
construction of the pyridine nucleus. The chiral moieties of these ligands originate from the …