In the last few decades,“unusual” noncovalent interactions like anion‐π and halogen
bonding have emerged as interesting alternatives to the ubiquitous hydrogen bonding in …

Organocatalysis—catalysis mediated by small chiral organic molecules—is a powerful
technology for enantioselective synthesis, and has extensive applications in traditional ionic …

Classical methods for achieving nucleophilic substitutions of alkyl electrophiles (SN1 and
SN2) have limited scope and are not generally amenable to enantioselective variants that …

The study of the complexation of anions, from its beginnings in the late 1960s and 1970s,(1-
3) has moved on from being an area solely of academic interest to a fundamental pillar of …

Halogen bonding is a noncovalent interaction similar to hydrogen bonding, which is based
on electrophilic halogen substituents. Hydrogen‐bonding‐based organocatalysis is a well …

Advances in carbohydrate chemistry have certainly made common oligosaccharides much
more accessible. However, many current methods still rely heavily upon specialized …

Halogen‐and chalcogen‐based σ‐hole interactions have recently received increased
interest in non‐covalent organocatalysis. However, the closely related pnictogen bonds …

Deoxy-sugars often play a critical role in modulating the potency of many bioactive natural
products. Accordingly, there has been sustained interest in methods for their synthesis over …

The structural complexity of glycans poses a serious challenge in the chemical synthesis of
glycosides, oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Glycan complexity, determined by …

Non-covalent interactions (NCIs) are a vital component of biological bond-forming events,
and have found important applications in multiple branches of chemistry. In recent years, the …