title: Bifunctional AgOAc-catalyzed asymmetric reactions.
abstract: The discovery and progress of new bifunctional AgOAc-based catalysts for asymmetric reactions is described. In this bifunctional procedure, AgOAc acts as an efficient Lewis acid catalyst as well as a base through the deprotonation of active hydrogen promoted by acetate. The bifunctional strategy offers a great opportunity to establish new fundamentals for stereoselective construction of C-C as well as C-N bonds.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qing-An
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Duo-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-Gui
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhou