When synthesizing new compounds, it is advantageous to have reactants that are widely available and a simple method which produces a high yield of products with little waste (undesirable byproducts).

Matchmaking between ketones and olefins has never been easy. Although ketones readily pair up with many reagents, thanks to their ability to deprotonate and form nucleophilic enolates, olefins ...

Carbon–hydrogen functionalization, ketone α-alkylation, and biocatalysis are some recent advances in asymmetric synthesis. Strategies for asymmetric synthesis are of continuing importance to the ...

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