Phosphine catalyzed aldol reaction between ketene silyl acetals and aldehydes: nucleophilic O–Si and C–Si bond cleavage by phosphines

Double Asymmetric Synthesis and a New Strategy for Stereochemical Control in Organic Synthesis

Satoru Masamune, William Choy, John S. Petersen et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1985 · 1.1K citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Double Asymmetric Induction +15

New cross-aldol reactions. Reactions of silyl enol ethers with carbonyl compounds activated by titanium tetrachloride

Teruaki Mukaiyama, Kazuo Banno, Koichi Narasaka · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1974 · 797 citations

Carbonyl Compounds, Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction +12

The Stereochemistry of the Ivanov and Reformatsky Reactions. I

Howard E. Zimmerman, Marjorie D. Traxler · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1957 · 696 citations

Altmetrics, Engineering, Information +11

Phosphine-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of 2,3-Butadienoates or 2-Butynoates with Electron-Deficient Olefins. A Novel [3 + 2] Annulation Approach to Cyclopentenes

Chunming Zhang, Xiyan Lu · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1995 · 634 citations

Electron-deficient Olefins, Molecular Sciences, Engineering +14

A Novel [3+2] Cycloaddition Approach to Nitrogen Heterocycles via Phosphine-Catalyzed Reactions of 2,3-Butadienoates or 2-Butynoates and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate with Imines:  A Convenient Synthesis of Pentabromopseudilin

Zhenrong Xu, Xiyan Lu · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1998 · 330 citations

Asymmetric Catalysis, Engineering, Heterocyclic +13