Chiral recognition underpins many biological processes, including signaling and enzymatic transformations. Mimicry of the natural systems that include these processes can provide an understanding their fundamental mechanisms enable design synthetic capable achieving similar functions. However, reported hosts only recognize small, simple chiral guests. Here, we report self-assembly a triazatruxe...

Direct allylic etherification of unactivated alcohols occurs regio- and stereoselectively under mild, gold(I)-catalysed conditions.

The CuOAc-catalyzed reaction of internal alkynoates with arylboronic acids proceeded under mild conditions to yield trisubstituted cinnamates stereoselectively.

The rearrangement of 1-alkynyl cyclobutanols and cyclopropanols to alkylidene cycloalkanones catalyzed by cationic triarylphosphine gold(I) complexes is described. The reaction tolerates terminal alkynes as well as alkyl, aryl, and halo-substitution at the acetylenic position and stereoselectively provides a single olefin isomer. The gold(I)-catalyzed rearrangement is stereospecific with regard...

The stereoselective incorporation of fluorine atoms into N-heterocycles can lead to dramatic changes in the molecules' physical and chemical properties. These changes can be rationally exploited for the benefit of diverse fields such as medicinal chemistry and organocatalysis. This brief review will examine some of the effects that fluorine substitution can have in N-heterocycles, including cha...

Palladium-catalyzed formal arylacylation of allenes using acid chlorides and arylboronic acids has been achieved. The reaction afforded the corresponding α,β-unsaturated ketones regio- and stereoselectively.

Treatment of thiol ester with bis(iodozincio)alkane in the presence of palladium catalyst followed by silylation affords Z-silyl enol ether chemo-, regio- and stereoselectively.

Some novel annulated pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines 6 and 7 were synthesized stereoselectively by intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions involving 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes.