The invention and development of new methods for the synthesis of complex molecules of
both natural and unnatural origin remain an enduring challenge in organic chemistry. Over …

The addition of an allylic organometallic compound to a carbonyl compound or an imine is of
great synthetic interest because in this reaction together with a new functionality (hydroxyl or …

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

The amount of research activity concerning α‐methylene‐γ‐butyrolactones and α‐alkylidene‐
γ‐butyrolactones has increased dramatically in recent years. This Review summarizes the …

The simplicity, efficiency and generality of the transition-metal-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura
cross-coupling reaction has led to its application in the preparation of a wide variety of …

The development of efficient asymmetric methods for constructing C–C bonds has enjoyed
considerable attention from the organic community in the past 30 years. Among the synthetic …

1. INTRODUCTION The focus of this review is on the reactivity of cationic, tricoordinated
boron electrophiles and on recent applications that rely on intermediates having sextet …

Structurally, boronic acids are trivalent boron-containing organic compounds that possess
one alkyl substituent (ie, a C–B bond) and two hydroxyl groups to fill the remaining valences …

Enantioselective allylation is a highly used organic reaction to prepare chiral homoallylic
alcohols and amines, which serve as important building blocks in the synthesis of a variety …

The catalytic enantioselective allylation of aldehydes is a long-standing problem of
considerable interest to the chemical community. We disclose a new high-yielding and …