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

Cobalt has become increasingly attractive in homogeneous catalysis because of its unique
characteristics and outstanding catalytic performance in addition to being cheap and earth …

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of small-molecule building blocks with allylic
stereogenic centers is an important objective in organic synthesis, but preparing this motif …

Transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrofunctionalizations of unsaturated bonds via π-
ƞ3 substitution have emerged as a reliable method to construct stereogenic centers, and …

Conspectus One of the major challenges facing organic synthesis in the 21st century is the
utilization of abundantly available feedstock chemicals for fine chemical synthesis. Regio …

Asymmetric cross-electrophile coupling has emerged as a promising tool for producing
chiral molecules; however, the potential of this chemistry with metals other than nickel …

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands are attracting worldwide interest because of their
considerable scope and potential in coordination/organometallic chemistry, catalysis and …

We communicate a strategy for the hydrofunctionalization of 1, 3-dienes via Rh-hydride
catalysis. Conjugated dienes are coupled to nucleophiles to demonstrate the feasibility of …

Transformation of simple precursors into structurally complex cyclobutanes, present in many
biologically important natural products and pharmaceuticals, is of considerable interest in …

We report a method for the catalytic, enantioselective intermolecular addition of aliphatic
amines to acyclic 1, 3-dienes. In most cases, reactions proceed efficiently at or below room …