Comprehensive Enantioselective Organocatalysis

Peter I. Dalko studied chemistry at the Budapest Technical University (Hungary) and graduated from Paris XI University (France) under the supervision of the late Stephan D. Géro. After undertaking postdoctoral researches with the late Sir Derek H. Barton at TAMU (USA) and Yoshito Kishi at Harvard University he is now a Research Director at the French Scientific Research Council (CNRS) at the Medical Faculty of the Sorbonne Paris Cité (France). His research is focused on total synthesis of structurally complex natural products, development of organocatalytic reactions for synthesis and developing microand nanoscale technologies for biomedical researches.

VOLUME ONE - Privileged Catalysts

PART I: AMINO ACID-DERIVED CATALYSTS
Proline-Related Secondary Amine Catalysts and Applications
TMS-Prolinol Catalyst in Organocatalysis
Non-Proline Amino Acid Catalysts
Chiral Imidazolidinone (MacMillan's Catalyst)
Oligopeptides as Modular Organocatalytic Scaffolds

PART II: NON-AMINO ACID-DERIVED CATALYSTS
Cinchonas and Cupreidines
Chiral C2 Catalysts
Planar Chiral Catalysts
Dynamic Approaches towards Catalyst Discovery

VOLUME TWO - Activations

PART I: ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS WITH NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS
Bronsted Acids
Bronsted Acids: Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis
Bronsted Acids: Chiral (Thio)urea Derivatives
Bronsted Bases
Chiral Onium Salts (Phase-Transfer Reactions)
Lewis Bases
Lewis Acids

PART II: ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS WITH COVALENT INTERACTIONS
Rationalizing Reactivity and Selectivity in Aminocatalytic Reactions
Carbene Catalysts
Oxides and Epoxides
Ylides

PART III: TUNING CATALYST ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY BY THE REACTION MEDIUM AND CONDITIONS
"Non-Classical" Activation of Organocatalytic Reactions (Pressure, Microwave Irradiation)
Ionic Liquid Organocatalysts
Polymer and Mesoporous Material Supported Organocatalysts
Water in Organocatalytic Reactions

VOLUME THREE - Reactions and Applications

PART I: ALPHA-ALKYLATION AND HETEROATOM FUNCTIONALIZATION
SN2-Type Alpha-Alkylation and Allylation Reactions
Alpha-Alkylation by SN1-Type Reactions
Alpha-Heteroatom Functionalization of Carbonyl Compounds

PART II: NUCLEOPHILE ADDITION TO C=X BONDS
Aldol and Mannich-Type Reactions
Additions of Nitroalkyls and Sulfones to C=X
Hydrocyanation and Strecker Reactions
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) and Hetero-MBH Reactions
Reduction of C=O and C=N

PART III: NUCLEOPHILE ADDITION TO C=C BONDS
Addition to Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
Addition to Nitroolefins and Vinyl Sulfones
Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Arylation and Heteroarylation Reactions

PART IV: RING-FORMING REACTIONS
Intramolecular Reactions
Formation of 3-, 4- and 5-Membered Cycles by Intermolecular Reactions
Diels-Alder and Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions

PART V: INCREASING COMPLEXITY
Organocatalytic Radical and Electron Transfer Reactions
Organocatalytic Sigmatropic Reactions
Regio- and Position Selective Reactions and Desymmetrizations
Three or More Components Reactions (Single Catalyst Systems)
Multi-Catalyst Systems
Organocatalysis in Total Synthesis