Hydrofunctionalisation and difunctionalisation of dienes, allenes, and alkynes are widely
utilized in the synthesis of valuable allylic compounds. In the past decades, asymmetric …

Rigid terdentate 'pincer'ligands containing a bridgehead N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
donor attract considerable interest as spectators in transition metal complexes with broad …

Catalytic enantioselective addition of N-heteroarenes to terminal and internal 1, 3-dienes is
reported. Reactions are promoted by 5 mol% of Rh catalyst supported by a new chiral pincer …

Bent (hetero) allenes such as carbodicarbenes and carbodiphosphoranes can act as neutral
C‐donor ligands, and diverse applications in coordination chemistry have been reported. N …

Carbodicarbenes are strong C‐donor ligands, which have found numerous applications in
organometallic and main group element chemistry. Herein, we report a structurally distinct …

We describe the development of Pd–PHOX-catalysed enantioselective couplings of internal
dienes with malononitrile and other activated C-pronucleophiles. Reactions are dramatically …

Transition-metal-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of 1, 3-dienes is a useful and atom-
economical method for constructing allylic compounds. Although substantial progress on …

An efficient copper (I)/proline sodium salt‐catalyzed alkyl‐and arylsulfenylation of C (sp2)–X
3, 4‐dihalo‐2 (5H)‐furanone compounds with sulfoxides is described. For inexpensive C …

To probe the possibility that carbodicarbenes (CDCs) are redox active ligands, all four
members of the redox series [Fe (1) 2] n+ (n= 2–5) were synthesized, where 1 is a neutral …

A general method to synthesize substituted butenolides from
hydroxymethylcyclopropenones is reported. Functionalized cyclopropenones undergo ring …