Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed achiral synthesis

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2017-05-12 DOI: 10.1039/C7OB00568G

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
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