Homoenolate is a reactive intermediate that possesses an anionic or nucleophilic carbon beta to a carbonyl group or its synthetic equivalent. The recent discovery that homoenolates can be generated from alpha,beta-unsaturated ...

A nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene mediated homoenolate annulation of enals to aurone analogs leading to the efficient synthesis of cyclopentene-fused spirobenzofuran- 3-ones is reported.

A nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene mediatedhomoenolate annulation of enals to aurone analogs leading tothe efficient synthesis of cyclopentene-fused spirobenzofuran-3-ones is reported.

The facile synthesis of 1, 3, 4-trisubstituted cyclopentenes via homoenolate annulation of enals with heterocycle substituted chalcones is described.

Transient zwitterion generated from allenoate and isoquinoline was successfully intercepted with cyanoacrylates and arylidenemalononitriles to devise a novel multicomponent reaction under mild conditions.

A stereoselective Michael addition of homoenolate, generated from enals by nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis, to beta-nitrostyrenes is reported for the first time. The products of this reaction obtained in ...

In the general context of organocatalysis,1 N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) occupy a prominent position. NHC catalysis2 originated as early as 1958 with Breslow’s demonstration3 that thiazolylidene was involved in ...