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Cover Picture: Recent Advances of α‐Isothiocyanato Compounds in the Catalytic Asymmetric Reaction (Adv. Synth. Catal. 14‐15/2015)
Author(s) -
Han WenYong,
Zhao JianQiang,
Zuo Jian,
Xu XiaoYing,
Zhang XiaoMei,
Yuan WeiCheng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201500741
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , reagent , aldol reaction , front cover , enantioselective synthesis , medicinal chemistry , stereochemistry , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The front cover picture provided by Wei‐Cheng Yuan and co‐workers illustrates the recent advances in catalytic asymmetric cascade reactions with α‐isothiocyanato compounds as new type of versatile reagents. In recent years, numerous catalytic asymmetric reactions, including asymmetric cascade aldol/cyclization, Mannich/cyclization, Michael/cyclization, [3+2] cyclization with allenic esters, [3+2] cyclization with 2‐butynedioic acid diesters, [3+2] cyclization with azodicarboxylates, as well as self‐cyclization/addition with aziridines, were successfully developed by using α‐isothiocyanato compounds. Details can be found in the review on pages 3007–3031 (W.‐Y. Han, J.‐Q. Zhao, J. Zuo, X.‐Y. Xu, X.‐M. Zhang, W.‐C. Yuan, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015 , 357 , 3007–3031; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500264 ).