Organocatalytic atroposelective synthesis of indole derivatives bearing axial chirality: strategies and applications

HH Zhang, F Shi - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Catalytic atroposelective syntheses of axially chiral compounds have stimulated
extensive interest in multiple communities, such as synthetic chemistry, biochemistry, and …

Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral molecules: Development of strategies and skeletons

JK Cheng, SH **ang, B Tan - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The growing importance of axially chiral architectures in different scientific
domains has unveiled shortcomings in terms of efficient synthetic access and skeletal …

Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric construction of atropisomers

JK Cheng, SH **ang, S Li, L Ye, B Tan - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atropisomerism is a stereochemical behavior portrayed by three-dimensional molecules that
bear rotationally restricted σ bond. Akin to the well-represented point-chiral molecules …

Atropisomerism in the pharmaceutically relevant realm

M Basilaia, MH Chen, J Secka… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atropisomerism is a conformational chirality that occurs when there is hindered
rotation about a σ-bond. While atropisomerism is exemplified by biaryls, it is observed in …

Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropisomers via Vinylidene ortho-Quinone Methides (VQMs)

W Qin, Y Liu, H Yan - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atropisomers, arising from conformational restriction, are inherently chiral due
to the intersecting dissymmetric planes. Since there are numerous applications of …

Stereodynamic strategies to induce and enrich chirality of atropisomers at a late stage

CB Roos, CH Chiang, LAM Murray, D Yang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enantiomers, where chirality arises from restricted rotation around a single bond, are
atropisomers. Due to the unique nature of the origins of their chirality, synthetic strategies to …

Atroposelective transformation of axially chiral (hetero) biaryls. From desymmetrization to modern resolution strategies

JA Carmona, C Rodríguez-Franco… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review provides a systematic overview of the available methodologies for the
atroposelective transformation of (heterobiaryl) biaryl precursors toward the synthesis of …

Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of indole-based chiral heterocycles: strategies, reactions, and outreach

YC Zhang, F Jiang, F Shi - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Indole-based chiral heterocycles constitute a class of important heterocyclic
compounds that are found in numerous pharmaceuticals, functional materials, and chiral …

Organocatalytic atroposelective synthesis of N− N axially chiral indoles and pyrroles by de novo ring formation

KW Chen, ZH Chen, S Yang, SF Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first highly atroposelective construction of N− N axially chiral indole scaffolds was
established via a new strategy of de novo ring formation. This strategy makes use of the …

Construction of axially chiral compounds via asymmetric organocatalysis

YB Wang, B Tan - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Axially chiral compounds have received much attention from chemists because
of their widespread appearance in natural products, biologically active compounds, and …