- Rhodium catalyzed chemo-, regio, and entantioselective [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of alkynes with isocyanates.
- With copper, enantioselective cross Aldol-type reaction of acetonitrile.
- With copper, enantioselective vinylsilane alkenylation of aldehydes.
- Gold carbene mediated stereoselective cyclopropanation of propargyl esters.
- With copper, enantioselective 1,2-reduction of ketones, and 1,4-reduction of a α,β-usaturated esters.
- With copper, catalytic enantioselective Mannich-type reaction.
- Enantioselective fluorination of b β-keto esters, tert-butoxycarbonyl lactones and lactmes with Sodeoka's Pd-aqua complex and a fluorinating reagent.
- Rh-catalyzed intramolecular olefin or carbonyl hydroacylation.
- Pd-catalyzed γ-arylation of β,γ-unsaturated ketones.
- Involved in numerous conjugate alkynylation, and ring-opening alkynylation of azabenzonorbornadienes.
- Involved in asymmetric hydroamination of bicyclic alkenes/dienes,13a diamination of conjugated dienes,13b and hydroalkoxylation/hydrosulfenylation of allenes.
The actions in the following figures are corresponding to the above ones in sequence.
