A modular six-step asymmetric synthesis of two naturally occurring and three non-natural isoflavanones containing tertiary α-aryl carbonyls is reported. This synthetic route, utilising a Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative asymmetric protonation, produces isoflavanones in excellent enantioselectivities from 76-97 %. A switch in the sense of stereoinduction was observed when different H(+) sources were...

A catalyst composed of Pd2(dba)3 and (S)-Siphos-PE provides excellent results in Pd-catalyzed alkene carboamination reactions between aniline derivatives bearing pendant alkenes and aryl or alkenyl halides. These transformations generate tetrahydroquinolines and tetrahydroquinoxalines that contain quaternary carbon stereocenters with high levels of asymmetric induction. In addition this catalys...

Pyrazolines and pyrazolidines represent two important classes of five-membered N-heterocycles found in many natural products, agrochemicals and biologically active molecules. Over the past decades, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the development of efficient methods for efficient construction of these scaffolds. However, the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of pyrazolines and pyrazolidine...

The asymmetric synthesis of chiral polycyclic ethers by an intramolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition is described.

In recent years, there has been a large number of what are called standard preparations, such as asymmetric hydrogenation using asymmetric reduction catalysts typified by BINAP and methods using enzymatic hydrolysis, that are reliable from an industrial point of view for the synthesis of optically active secondary alcohols. Furthermore, there are many producers of pharmaceutical intermediates t...

The enantioselective synthesis of the potent, selective, cytotoxic, annonaceous acetogenin, (+)-gigantecin, has been completed. An asymmetric glycolate aldol serves to establish the stereocenters at C13,14 and at C21,22. A Carreira asymmetric acetylide addition is used to establish the C17 stereocenter.