Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin 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 re...

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Published inBeilstein journal of organic chemistry Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 444 - 461
Main Authors Menon, Rajeev S, Biju, Akkattu T, Nair, Vijay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Beilstein-Institut zur Föerderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften 09.03.2016
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acyloin reaction
benzoin reaction
Chemistry
N-heterocyclic carbenes
organocatalysis
Review
umpolung
organocatalysis
benzoin reaction
umpolung
N-heterocyclic carbenes
acyloin reaction
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1860-5397
2195-951X
1860-5397
DOI:10.3762/bjoc.12.47