R-amino acid reductions, allow entry to other classes of compounds that are also useful as
the source of chiral centers, as with R-amino aldehydes, that, in turn, can be used in a …

The discovery and development of new chemical reactions is a major focus of research
activity in organic chemistry. The chemical synthesis of molecules provided by Nature has …

Lewis-acid (LA)-catalyzed reactions are of great interest because of their unique reactivities
and selectivities and mild reaction conditions used. 1, 2 A wide variety of reactions using …

Asymmetric catalysis with chiral metal complexes has received considerable attention in
recent years, and its contribution to the art of organic synthesis has become of leading …

A bis (oxazoline)(box) copper (II) complex and its hydrated counterpart (1 and 2) function as
enantioselective Lewis acid catalysts for carbocyclic and hetero Diels− Alder, aldol, Michael …

Practical asymmetric catalysis using transition metal complexes was inspired by the work of
Kagan1 and Knowles. 2 Their important results, based on the use of chiral phosphines as …

The preparation of new enantiopure ligands that provide a chiral environment to metals so
that they perform efficient asymmetric catalysis is one of the most straightforward challenges …

Chiral tertiary alcohols and R-tertiary amines are important building blocks of naturally
occurring and artificial biologically active molecules. Although there are catalytic asymmetric …

Asymmetric catalysis is a challenge for chemists: How can we design catalysts to achieve
the goal of forming optically active compounds? This review provides the reader with an …

2-Oxazolines have permeated numerous sub-disciplines in synthetic organic chemistry in
the 100 years since their discovery. This versatile heterocycle has served as protecting …