Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

Hydride complexes of copper, silver, and gold encompass a broad array of structures, and
their distinctive reactivity has enabled dramatic recent advances in synthesis and catalysis …

N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands have evolved from being simple lab curiosities to
tertiary phosphine mimics to finally take center stage as unique supporting ligands in …

An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) contains a carbene carbon incorporated in a nitrogen-
containing heterocycle, presumably reactive and difficult to isolate. 1 The first isolation of …

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral alkenes followed by Tamao-Fleming oxidation is a
convenient method of synthesis of enantioenriched secondary alcohols. In this chapter …

Playing Reversi with H and N: A copper‐catalyzed intermolecular regioselective
hydroamination of styrenes with polymethylhydrosiloxane and hydroxylamine derivatives …

Since the groundbreaking work by Gilman1 in the 1950s, cuprates have become versatile
tools in organic synthesis, more precisely, in 1, 4-addition reactions to R,-unsaturated …

Since the isolation and crystallographic characterization of the first stable N-heterocyclic
carbene in early 1991, 1 nucleophilic diaminocarbenes (also known as “Arduengotype” …

The reduction of diverse functional groups is an essential protocol in organic chemistry.
Transition-metal catalysis has been successfully applied to the reduction of olefins, alkynes …

Catalytic reductive coupling of enone, acrylate, or vinyl heteroaromatic pronucleophiles with
carbonyl or imine partners offers an alternative to base-mediated enolization in aldol-and …