title: Organocatalytic direct asymmetric alpha-heteroatom functionalization of aldehydes and ketones.
abstract: The direct enantioselective introduction of a stereogenic carbon-heteroatom bond adjacent to a carbonyl functionality leads to optically active compounds of significant importance for e.g. the life-science industry. Organocatalytic enantioselective amination, oxygenation, fluorination, chlorination, bromination and sulfenylation of aldehydes and ketones, using chiral amines as the catalysts, are reviewed in this feature article. Furthermore, a few other transformations are also outlined. The scope, potential and application of these organocatalytic asymmetric reactions are presented and the mechanistic aspects discussed.
authors.affiliation: Danish National Research Foundation: Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marigo
authors.forename: Karl Anker
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jørgensen