Guest Editor: Keiji Maruoka

Total Syntheses of 2,2′-Biindolyl Alkaloids via Cyanide-Catalyzed Imino-Stetter Reaction

Park, Jinjae; Kim, Tae Lyn; Cheon, Cheol-Hong

Metal-Loaded Semiconductor-Photocatalysis of Alcohols for Selective Organic Synthesis: A Personal Account

Mori, Shogo; Sakurai, Shu; Naka, Hiroshi; Saito, Susumu

Synthesis of Functionalized Spirooxindole Polycycles: Use of Cyclic 1,3-Diones as Reactants or as Condition-Tuning Molecules

Sohail, Muhammad; Tanaka, Fujie

When Aryne Chemistry Meets Organosulfur Compounds

Tan, Jiajing; Feng, Xiaoying; Fan, Rong; Zhuang, Zhe; Guo, Yifeng

Design of Y-Shaped Trimers of Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalysts for the Asymmetric Alkylation of Amino Acid Derivatives

Yu, Shengyu; Liu, Jiahao; Wang, Zhe; Kato, Terumasa; Liu, Yan; Maruoka, Keiji

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Silylation of Biaryl Diols

Han, Jung Tae; Zhou, Hui; List, Benjamin

Synthesis of (2-Nitro-1-AfAlemphenylethyl)malononitriles by Michael Addition of Masked Acyl Cyanides to Nitroalkenes

Sun, Haoyi; Guo, Yongcheng; Li, Huajie; Wang, Meiling; Ding, Tiandi; Zhi, Ying; Zhao, Kun; Yao, Qingqiang

Nickel(II) Thiocyanate Complex as a Catalyst for Cross-Coupling Reactions

Yamaoka, Seiha; Fukuoka, Hiroyuki; Noda, Naoki; Okano, Kentaro; Horie, Masaki; Mori, Atsunori

Asymmetric Synthesis of 3-Lactone-Substituted 2-Oxindoles with Vicinal Quaternary Carbon Centers through Vinylogous Conjugate Addition

Li, Zegong; Zeng, Zi; Tang, Qi; Zhong, Ziwei; Liu, Xiaohua; Feng, Xiaoming

Access to Fluorinated Quaternary Stereogenic Centers via Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic C–H Alkylation

Wei, Jia-Hui; Jin, You-Xiang; Wang, Pu-Sheng; Gong, Liu-Zhu

Acid-Catalyzed [4+1]-Dearomatization Spiroannulation of Hydroquinones and Naphthols

Ding, Nan; Li, Zhi

Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine as an Effective Organocatalyst for the Racemic Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes Involving an Iminium Ion

Hayashi, Yujiro; Han, Xiaolei; Mori, Naoki

Chiral Betaine-Mediated Efficient Organocatalytic Asymmetric Isomerization of β,γ-Unsaturated Butenolides

Zeng, Yiqun; Fei, Chao; Zhou, Xiao; Luo, Jisheng; Deng, Li

Synthesis of Furo- and Thienoquinolines by Using an Amine Oxidase-Inspired Catalyst

Thorve, Pradip Ramdas; Maji, Biplab

Lone Pair Participation in a Decarboxylation Reaction: A New Design of a Boradecarboxylation Reaction

Naruse, Yuji; Takamori, Atsushi; Oda, Kenji; Kosugi, Takuya

Short Synthesis of a Biphenyl-Based Amino Triflamide Catalyst and Its Application in Enamine Catalysis

Uwaso, Yuki; Yokoyama, Naoki; Kano, Taichi

Enantioselective Bromination of Silyl Enol Ethers with Chiral Pentacarboxycyclopentadienyl Bromide

Liu, Guo; Li, Pingfan

Visible-Light-Photoexcited Palladium-Catalyzed Silylmethylation of Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives

Mizoguchi, Haruki; Yoshida, Ryuji; Ikeda, Haruka; Sakakura, Akira

Synthesis of Halogen-Bond-Donor-Site-Introduced Functional Monomers through Wittig Reaction of Perfluorohalogenated Benzaldehydes: Toward Digitalization as Reliable Strategy in Small-Molecule Synthesis

Hori, Tatsuaki; Kakinuma, Shuya; Ohtsuka, Naoya; Fujinami, Takeshi; Suzuki, Toshiyasu; Momiyama, Norie

Asymmetric Allenylation of N-Acylhydrazones with Propargyltrichlorosilane Catalyzed by Helical Chiral 2,2′-Bipyridine N-Monoxide

Xu, Changgong; Nader, Phillip; Xavier, Jonathan; Takenaka, Norito

Organocatalyzed Regioselective α,γ-Difunctionalization of Deconjugated Butenolides: Synthesis of Butyrolactone–Butyrolactam Hybrid Molecules

Mondal, Swati Lekha; Patra, Koushik; Yadav, Rahul; Baidya, Mahiuddin

Yttrium-Catalyzed Regioselective Aminolysis of 2,3-Epoxy Esters and Amides

Yao, Hongqing; Wang, Chuan

Switching Regioselectivity in the Asymmetric Bromocyclization of Difluoroalkenes Catalyzed by a Chiral Bisphosphine Oxide

Nakahara, Yuki; Hirokawa, Ryo; Uchida, Shotaro; Yamashita, Kenji; Hamashima, Yoshitaka

Copper-Catalyzed Construction of Amide Linkages via Coupling between Unactivated Acids and Amines

Rahaman, Ajijur; Bhadra, Sukalyan

Palladium-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Cyclobutanones with Carbon- and Heteroatom-Centered Nucleophiles

Ano, Yusuke; Takahashi, Daichi; Yo, Kazumune; Nagamune, Ryosuke; Chatani, Naoto

Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation of Indoles via Kinetic Resolution of 1-Alken-4-yn-3-ols

Sawano, Takahiro; Yasumura, Yuki; Kuwabara, Kyohei; Sugiura, Hikaru; Takahashi, Kana; Ishikawa, Eri; Takeuchi, Ryo

Synthesis of Novel C₂ Bishydroxamic Acid Ligands and their Application in Asymmetric Epoxidation Reactions

Pawar, Tushar Janardan; Valtierra-Galvan, Marco F.; Rodríguez-Hernández, Alfredo; Reyes-Luna, Alfonso; Bonilla-Landa, Israel; García-Barradas, Oscar; Barrera-Méndez, Felipe; Olivares-Romero, José L.

Smart Hydrogel Reactor of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Polyethylene Glycol Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Oxidative Coupling of 2-Naphthol

Chen, Minghao; Watanabe, Takumi; Habaue, Shigeki

2,2′-Biphenol-Derived Phosphoric Acid Catalyst for the Dehydrative Esterification of Carboxylic Acids with Alcohols

Hatano, Manabu; Nishioka, Chiaki; Mimura, Ayaka; Kimura, Risa; Okuda, Yuki; Yamada, Takeshi; Sakata, Ken

Asymmetric α-Cyanation of β-Keto Esters Catalyzed by Chiral Tin Alkoxides

Yanagisawa, Akira; Hinata, Yuki; Midorikawa, Koji; Watanabe, Takamichi

Stereoselective Ring-Opening Deacetonation Polymerization of Racemic 2,2,5-Trimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one by Using Homosalen–Aluminum Complexes: A Novel Approach to Isotactic ­Poly(rac-lactic acid)

Sakai, Kazuho; Yagi, Yusuke; Nomura, Nobuyoshi

Visible-Light-Induced Oxidative Generation of o-Quinone Methides for Inverse-Electron-Demand [4+2] Cycloaddition Reactions

Nohara, Shoya; Iwai, Suguru; Yamaguchi, Naoya; Asada, Yosuke; Kamiyama, Yusuke; Tanaka, Yuta; Tanaka, Kenta; Hoshino, Yujiro