Issue 22, 2017

Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed achiral synthesis

Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as powerful and elegant organocatalysts in a variety of newly developed and unprecedented enantioselective transformations due to their unique umpolung capacity. As a supplement to conventional enantioselective organocatalysis, NHC-induced non-asymmetric catalysis has gradually attracted much interest in recent years. Herein, this review aims to reveal the recent developments in NHC-promoted non-asymmetric umpolung transformations resulting in the expeditious construction of versatile achiral natural heterocycles, carbocycles and acylated products.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed achiral synthesis

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
07 Mar 2017
Accepted
10 May 2017
First published
12 May 2017

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017,15, 4731-4749

Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed achiral synthesis

Q. Ren, M. Li, L. Yuan and J. Wang, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 4731 DOI: 10.1039/C7OB00568G

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