N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)‐Catalyzed Transformations Involving Azolium Enolates

S Mondal, A Ghosh, AT Biju - The Chemical Record, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The recent advances in the N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC)‐organocatalyzed generation of
azolium enolate intermediates and their subsequent interception with electrophiles are …

Desymmetrization of N-Cbz glutarimides through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

Z Hu, C Wei, Q Shi, X Hong, J Liu, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the catalysis of N-heterocyclic carbenes has achieved significant
advances. In this area, aldehydes, enals, and esters, are commonly employed as starting …

Organocatalytic asymmetric N-sulfonyl amide CN bond activation to access axially chiral biaryl amino acids

G Wang, Q Shi, W Hu, T Chen, Y Guo, Z Hu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Amides are among the most fundamental functional groups and essential structural units,
widely used in chemistry, biochemistry and material science. Amide synthesis and …

Stereoselective access to silicon-stereogenic silacycles via the carbene-catalyzed desymmetric benzoin reaction of siladials

H Liu, P He, X Liao, Y Zhou, X Chen, W Ou, Z Wu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The catalytic asymmetric synthesis of silicon-stereogenic organosilicon compounds has
been a long-standing challenging task and was recently accomplished through a handful of …

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral 5-aryl 2-pyrones from enals

G Wang, J Huang, L Zhang, J Han, X Zhang… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
Axially chiral molecules have been widely used in inorganic, material and medicinal
chemistry. Compared with well-established N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed …

NHC‐Activations on α‐, β‐, γ‐, and Beyond

X Chen, P He, S Xia, L Cui, G Zhong… - The Chemical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the recent decades, due to the special electronic characteristics and diverse
reactivities, N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) has received significant interest in …

Elucidating the mechanism and origin of stereoselectivity in the activation/transformation of an acetic ester catalyzed by an N-heterocyclic carbene

P Liang, H Yang, Y Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The activation of an ester by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis is an efficient
and important approach for generating an NHC-bound enolate intermediate, an important …

Asymmetric carbene‐catalyzed oxidation of functionalized aldimines as 1, 4‐dipoles

G Wang, QC Zhang, C Wei, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of functionalized aldimines has been demonstrated as newly structural 1, 4‐dipole
precursors under carbene catalysis. More importantly, enantiodivergent organocatalysis has …

Theoretical study of an N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed annulation reaction between an enal and a β-silyl enone: Mechanism and origin of stereoselectivity

Y Wang, Y Luo, M Zhao, Y Qiao - Molecular Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the mechanism and origin of the stereoselectivity of an N-heterocyclic carbene
(NHC)-catalyzed transformation reaction between an enal and a β-silyl enone are …

Synergistic N‐Heterocyclic Carbene/Palladium‐Catalyzed Umpolung 1, 4‐Addition of Aryl Iodides to Enals

W Yang, B Ling, B Hu, H Yin, J Mao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract An umpolung 1, 4‐addition of aryl iodides to enals promoted by cooperative (terpy)
Pd/NHC catalysis was developed that generates various bioactive β, β‐diaryl propanoate …