Organocatalytic formal [2+2] cycloaddition initiated by vinylogous Friedel–Crafts alkylation: enantioselective synthesis of substituted cyclobutane derivatives

Guo-Jian Duan, Jun-Bing Ling, Wei-Ping Wang, Yong-Chun Luo and Peng-Fei Xu*

https:// doi: 10.1039/c3cc41785a

Organocatalytic asymmetric multicomponent cascade reaction via 1,3-proton shift and [3+2] cycloaddition: an efficient strategy for the synthesis of oxindole derivatives

Li Tian, Xiu-Qin Hu, Yun-Han Li and Peng-Fei Xu*

https:// doi: 10.1039/c3cc43755h

Merging organocatalysis with transition metal catalysis and using O2 as the oxidant for enantioselective C–H functionalization of aldehydes

Yong-Long Zhao, Yao Wang, Xiu-Qin Hu and Peng-Fei Xu*

https:// doi: 10.1039/c3cc44214d

Organocatalyzed Michael−Michael Cascade Reaction: Asymmetric Synthesis of Polysubstituted Chromans

Zhen-Xin Jia, Yong-Chun Luo, Xi-Na Cheng, Peng-Fei Xu,* and Yu-Cheng Gu

https:// doi: 10.1021/jo400476b

Organocatalytic Cascade Sulfa-Michael/Aldol Reaction of β,β-Disubstituted Enones: Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrothiophenes with a Trifluoromethylated Quaternary Center

Yu Su, Jun-Bing Ling, Shuang Zhang, and Peng-Fei Xu*

https:// doi: 10.1021/jo4016024

Stereoselective Synthesis of (−)-Chloramphenicol, (＋)-Thiamphenicol and (＋)-Sphinganine via Chiral Tricyclic Iminolactone†

Qiong Li, Hongbo Zhang, Chenguang Li, and Pengfei Xu*

https:// doi: 10.1002/cjoc.201201093