Comprehensive Enantioselective Organocatalysis

VOLUME ONE - Privileged Catalysts

PART I: AMINO ACID-DERIVED CATALYSTS
Proline-Related Secondary Amine Catalysts and Applications
TMS-Prolinol Catalyst in Organocatalysis
Non-Proline Amino Acid Catalysts
Chiral Imidazolidinone (MacMillan's Catalyst)
Oligopeptides as Modular Organocatalytic Scaffolds

PART II: NON-AMINO ACID-DERIVED CATALYSTS
Cinchonas and Cupreidines
Chiral C2 Catalysts
Planar Chiral Catalysts
Dynamic Approaches towards Catalyst Discovery

VOLUME TWO - Activations

PART I: ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS WITH NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS
Bronsted Acids
Bronsted Acids: Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis
Bronsted Acids: Chiral (Thio)urea Derivatives
Bronsted Bases
Chiral Onium Salts (Phase-Transfer Reactions)
Lewis Bases
Lewis Acids

PART II: ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS WITH COVALENT INTERACTIONS
Rationalizing Reactivity and Selectivity in Aminocatalytic Reactions
Carbene Catalysts
Oxides and Epoxides
Ylides

PART III: TUNING CATALYST ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY BY THE REACTION MEDIUM AND CONDITIONS
"Non-Classical" Activation of Organocatalytic Reactions (Pressure, Microwave Irradiation)
Ionic Liquid Organocatalysts
Polymer and Mesoporous Material Supported Organocatalysts
Water in Organocatalytic Reactions

VOLUME THREE - Reactions and Applications

PART I: ALPHA-ALKYLATION AND HETEROATOM FUNCTIONALIZATION
SN2-Type Alpha-Alkylation and Allylation Reactions
Alpha-Alkylation by SN1-Type Reactions
Alpha-Heteroatom Functionalization of Carbonyl Compounds

PART II: NUCLEOPHILE ADDITION TO C=X BONDS
Aldol and Mannich-Type Reactions
Additions of Nitroalkyls and Sulfones to C=X
Hydrocyanation and Strecker Reactions
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) and Hetero-MBH Reactions
Reduction of C=O and C=N

PART III: NUCLEOPHILE ADDITION TO C=C BONDS
Addition to Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
Addition to Nitroolefins and Vinyl Sulfones
Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Arylation and Heteroarylation Reactions

PART IV: RING-FORMING REACTIONS
Intramolecular Reactions
Formation of 3-, 4- and 5-Membered Cycles by Intermolecular Reactions
Diels-Alder and Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions

PART V: INCREASING COMPLEXITY
Organocatalytic Radical and Electron Transfer Reactions
Organocatalytic Sigmatropic Reactions
Regio- and Position Selective Reactions and Desymmetrizations
Three or More Components Reactions (Single Catalyst Systems)
Multi-Catalyst Systems
Organocatalysis in Total Synthesis