Atropisomeric molecules have found proven applications and have shown promising
potential in chemistry and medicine. The design of N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed …

Phenalenyl, a zigzag-edged odd alternant hydrocarbon unit can be found in the graphene
nanosheet. Hückel molecular orbital calculations indicate the presence of a nonbonding …

Axial chirality widely exists in natural products, pharmaceutical compounds, and other
functional molecules; these axially chiral compounds also find wide utility as catalysts or …

Despite the great potential of radical chemistry in organic synthesis, N‐heterocyclic carbene
(NHC)‐catalyzed reactions involving radical intermediates are not well explored. This …

The successful isolation and characterization of an N-heterocyclic carbene in 1991 opened
up a new class of organic compounds for investigation. From these beginnings as academic …

Conspectus This Account is aimed at highlighting the recent developments in the N-
heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed generation of α, β-unsaturated acylazolium …

Direct synthesis of ketones from aldehydes features high atom-and step-economy. Yet, the
coupling of aldehydes with unactivated alkyl C (sp3)-H remains challenging. Herein, we …

Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions have been studied since the very beginning of the past
century and represent a great success in organic chemistry, along with the birth and growth …

Allenes are valuable organic molecules that feature unique physical and chemical
properties. They are not only often found in natural products, but also act as versatile …

Transition-metal-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of organometallic reagents to polar
unsaturated substrates is one of the most important and powerful bond-forming strategies …