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Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section B (Organic Chemistry)

Section B reviews annual developments in organic and bioorganic chemical research



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Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem., 2009, 105, 113 - 128, DOI: 10.1039/b822051b


Organocatalysis

Benjamin R. Buckley


Reactions carried out with substoichiometric quantities of organic molecules as catalysts have received much attention over the past decade. This review highlights progress in 2008 towards highly enantioselective organocatalytic systems and the natural product/biologically active compounds that can be prepared using these types of processes.