Two types of general and practical enantioselective catalysts, namely, bimetallic complexes and Lewis acid-Lewis base bifunctional catalysts were developed based on the concept of multifunctional catalysis. In the first part of this review, the first example of a catalytic enatioselective nitro-Mannich reaction as well as a direct catalytic enantioselective aldol reaction of 2-hydroxyacetopheno...

detritylation of 5'-dimethoxytrityl nucleosides have been quantitatively achieved in minutes at room temperature under aprotic neutral conditions by using stannous chloride. of additional practical consideration and in contrast to protic acids, no depurination was observed with this reagent.

Alkenylboranes R-CH=CH-B(C6F5)2 undergo carbon-carbon coupling by means of 1,1-alkenylboration with diarylphosphino-enynes to give substituted conjugated hexatriene derivatives that bear a vicinal pair of B(C6F5)2 Lewis acid and PAr2 Lewis base functionalities at their central carbon portions. A series of six examples was prepared and all compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Conse...