The author is indebted to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for a Liebig fellowship.
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Extending Mechanistic Routes in Heterazolium Catalysis–Promising Concepts for Versatile Synthetic Methods†
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2005
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502617
Copyright © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 44, Issue 46, pages 7506–7510, November 25, 2005
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Zeitler, K. (2005), Extending Mechanistic Routes in Heterazolium Catalysis–Promising Concepts for Versatile Synthetic Methods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 44: 7506–7510. doi: 10.1002/anie.200502617
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- Article first published online: 21 NOV 2005
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Keywords:
- aldehydes;
- carbenes;
- nitrogen heterocycles;
- stereoselective catalysis;
- umpolung
Graphical Abstract

A broad spectrum of valuable cyclic and acyclic products are available in diastereo- and/or enantioselective form by sustainable, organocatalytic processes like the heterazolium-catalyzed transformations shown in the scheme. The carbene-mediated generation of activated carboxylate intermediates provides new possibilities for the straightforward synthesis of multifunctionalized compounds.

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