scholarly journals Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 444-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeev S Menon ◽  
Akkattu T Biju ◽  
Vijay Nair
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Heterocyclic Carbenes ◽  
Organic Transformations ◽  
Carbon Bond ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Bond Forming Reactions

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as a powerful class of organocatalysts that mediate a variety of organic transformations. The Benzoin reaction constitutes one of the earliest known carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions catalysed by NHCs. The rapid growth of NHC catalysis in general has resulted in the development of a variety of benzoin and benzoin-type reactions. An overview of such NHC-catalysed benzoin reactions is presented.

Recent advances in employing homoenolates generated by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (15) ◽  
pp. 5040-5052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeev S. Menon ◽  
Akkattu T. Biju ◽  
Vijay Nair
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Bond ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Bond Forming Reactions

This tutorial review summarises the developments since 2011 in the area of nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed generation of homoenolates and their use in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions.

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