Abstract 140 Years ago Adolf von Baeyer proposed the structure of a heteroaromatic
compound which revolutionized organic and medical chemistry: indole. After more than a …

During the past four years, the research of new synthetic methodologies for the rapid
construction of enantiomerically pure substituted indole has had a fruitful and important …

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 …

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

Carbon− heteroatom bond formations are very important reactions in organic synthesis and
have attracted the interest of many synthetic organic chemists, leading them to develop new …

Asymmetric aminocatalysis exploits the potential of chiral primary and secondary amines to
catalyze asymmetric reactions. It has greatly simplified the functionalization of carbonyl …

The desire for new synthetic methodologies for the rapid construction of enantiomerically
pure substituted indole has been a fruitful driving force for chemical research in the last few …

Charles Friedel (1832-1899) started a dual scientific career and spent several years of
activities divided between mineralogy at Ecole des Mines and chemical research. 1 The …

Can green chemistry be the right reading key to let organocatalyst design take a step
forward towards sustainable catalysis? What if the intriguing chemistry promoted by more …

This article reviews the applications of cinchona alkaloids as asymmetric catalysts. In the last
few years, characterized by the resurgence of interest in asymmetric organocatalysis …