Synthesis 2015; 47(15): 2139-2184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1378742
review
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Recent Advances in Organocatalytic Cascade Reactions toward the Formation of Quaternary Stereocenters

Fabrizio Vetica
a   Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
c   Dipartimento di Chimica, ‘Sapienza’ Università di Roma, p.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Renata Marcia de Figueiredo
d   Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, 8, Rue de l’Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France   Email: tecla.gasperi@uniroma3.it
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Monica Orsini
b   Dipartimento di Ingeneria, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, via Vito Volterra, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Daniela Tofani
a   Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Tecla Gasperi*
a   Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Publication History

Received: 08 March 2015

Accepted after revision: 16 April 2015

Publication Date:
14 July 2015 (online)


Abstract

This review provides the authors’ selection of recent publications that highlight the increasing efforts to develop valuable organocatalytic domino/tandem/cascade reactions as the main tool in the creation of quaternary stereocenters.

1 Introduction

2 Diarylprolinol Ethers and Proline Derivatives

3 Imidazolidinones

4 Brønsted Acids

5 Cinchona Alkaloids

6 Thioureas

7 Squaramides

8 N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

9 Outlook and Conclusions