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4. MacMillan DWC (2008) The advent and development of organocatalysis. Nature
455(7211):304–308
5. Moyano A, Rios R (2013) Stereoselective organocatalysis. Wiley, New York
6. Mayr H (2015) Reactivity scales for quantifying polar organic reactivity: the benzhydrylium methodology. Tetrahedron 71(32):5095–5111
7. Mayr H, Ofial AR (2005) Kinetics of electrophile–nucleophile combinations: a general approach to
polar organic reactivity. Pure Appl Chem 77(11):1807–1821
8. Mayr H, Kempf B, Ofial AR (2003) π-Nucleophilicity in carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.
Acc Chem Res 36(1):66–77
9. Mayr H, Bug T, Gotta MF, Hering N, Irrgang B, Janker B, Kempf B, Loos R, Ofial AR, Remennikov G, Schimmel H (2001) Reference scales for the characterization of cationic electrophiles and
neutral nucleophiles. J Am Chem Soc 123(39):9500–9512
10. Lakhdar S, Baidya M, Mayr H (2012) Kinetics and mechanism of organocatalytic aza-Michael
additions: direct observation of enamine intermediates. Chem Commun 48(37):4504–4506
11. Maji B, Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2012) Nucleophilicity parameters of enamides and their implications
for organocatalytic transformations. Chem Eur J 18(18):5732–5740
12. Lakhdar S, Ammer J, Mayr H (2011) Generation of α, β-unsaturated iminium ions by laser-flash
photolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed 50(42):9953–9956
13. Lakhdar S, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2010) Reactivity parameters for rationalizing iminium-catalyzed
reactions. J Phys Org Chem 23(10):886–892
14. An F, Paul S, Ammer J, Ofial AR, Mayer P, Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2014) Structures and reactivities
of iminium ions derived from substituted cinnamaldehydes and various chiral imidazolidin-4-ones.
Asian J Org Chem 3(4):550–555
15. Abbasov ME, Romo D (2014) The ever-expanding role of asymmetric covalent organocatalysis in
scalable, natural product synthesis. Nat Prod Rep 31(10):1318–1327
16. Timofeeva DS, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2008) Kinetics of electrophilic fluorinations of enamines and carbanions: comparison of the fluorinating power of N–F reagents. J Am Chem Soc
140(36):11474–11486
17. Timofeeva DS, Mayer RJ, Mayer P, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2018) Which factors control the nucleophilic reactivities of enamines? Chem Eur J 24(22):5901–5910
18. Mayr H, Ofial AR (2016) Philicities, fugalities, and equilibrium constants. Acc Chem Res
49(5):952–965
19. Mayr H, Gorath G (1995) Kinetics of the reactions of carboxonium ions and aldehyde boron trihalide complexes with alkenes and allylsilanes. J Am Chem Soc 117(30):7862–7868
20. Gualandi A, Cozzi PG (2013) Stereoselective organocatalytic alkylations with carbenium ions.
Synlett 24(3):281–296
21. Adero PO, Amarasekara H, Wen P, Bohe L, Crich D (2018) The experimental evidence in support
of glycosylation mechanisms at the s(n)1-s(n)2 interface. Chem Rev 118(17):8242–8284
22. Appel R, Chelli S, Tokuyasu T, Troshin K, Mayr H (2013) Electrophilicities of benzaldehydederived iminium ions: quantification of the electrophilic activation of aldehydes by iminium formation. J Am Chem Soc 135(17):6579–6587
23. Lee YS, Alam MM, Keri RS (2013) Enantioselective reactions of N-acyliminium ions using chiral
organocatalysts. Chem Asian J 8(12):2906–2919
24. Huang YY, Cai C, Yang X, Lv ZC, Schneider U (2016) Catalytic asymmetric reactions with N,
O-aminals. ACS Catalysis 6(9):5747–5763
25. Yamamoto Y (2007) From σ- to π-electrophilic Lewis acids. Application to selective organic transformations. J Org Chem 72(21):7817–7831
26. Alba AN, Viciano M, Rios R (2009) The Holy Grail of organocatalysis: intermolecular α-alkylation
of aldehydes. Chem Cat Chem 1(4):437–439
27. List B, Čorić I, Grygorenko OO, Kaib PJS, Komarov I, Lee A, Leutzsch M, Pan SC, Tymtsunik
AV, van Gemmeren M (2013) The catalytic asymmetric α-benzylation of aldehydes. Angew Chem
Int Ed 53(1):282–285
28. Renzi P, Hioe J, Gschwind RM (2017) Enamine/dienamine and Brønsted acid catalysis: elusive
intermediates, reaction mechanisms, and stereoinduction modes based on in situ NMR spectroscopy and computational studies. Acc Chem Res 50(12):2936–2948
29. Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2011) Counterion effects in iminium-activated electrophilic aromatic substitutions of pyrroles. Chem Commun 47(6):1866–1868
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4. MacMillan DWC (2008) The advent and development of organocatalysis. Nature
455(7211):304–308
5. Moyano A, Rios R (2013) Stereoselective organocatalysis. Wiley, New York
6. Mayr H (2015) Reactivity scales for quantifying polar organic reactivity: the benzhydrylium methodology. Tetrahedron 71(32):5095–5111
7. Mayr H, Ofial AR (2005) Kinetics of electrophile–nucleophile combinations: a general approach to
polar organic reactivity. Pure Appl Chem 77(11):1807–1821
8. Mayr H, Kempf B, Ofial AR (2003) π-Nucleophilicity in carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.
Acc Chem Res 36(1):66–77
9. Mayr H, Bug T, Gotta MF, Hering N, Irrgang B, Janker B, Kempf B, Loos R, Ofial AR, Remennikov G, Schimmel H (2001) Reference scales for the characterization of cationic electrophiles and
neutral nucleophiles. J Am Chem Soc 123(39):9500–9512
10. Lakhdar S, Baidya M, Mayr H (2012) Kinetics and mechanism of organocatalytic aza-Michael
additions: direct observation of enamine intermediates. Chem Commun 48(37):4504–4506
11. Maji B, Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2012) Nucleophilicity parameters of enamides and their implications
for organocatalytic transformations. Chem Eur J 18(18):5732–5740
12. Lakhdar S, Ammer J, Mayr H (2011) Generation of α, β-unsaturated iminium ions by laser-flash
photolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed 50(42):9953–9956
13. Lakhdar S, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2010) Reactivity parameters for rationalizing iminium-catalyzed
reactions. J Phys Org Chem 23(10):886–892
14. An F, Paul S, Ammer J, Ofial AR, Mayer P, Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2014) Structures and reactivities
of iminium ions derived from substituted cinnamaldehydes and various chiral imidazolidin-4-ones.
Asian J Org Chem 3(4):550–555
15. Abbasov ME, Romo D (2014) The ever-expanding role of asymmetric covalent organocatalysis in
scalable, natural product synthesis. Nat Prod Rep 31(10):1318–1327
16. Timofeeva DS, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2008) Kinetics of electrophilic fluorinations of enamines and carbanions: comparison of the fluorinating power of N–F reagents. J Am Chem Soc
140(36):11474–11486
17. Timofeeva DS, Mayer RJ, Mayer P, Ofial AR, Mayr H (2018) Which factors control the nucleophilic reactivities of enamines? Chem Eur J 24(22):5901–5910
18. Mayr H, Ofial AR (2016) Philicities, fugalities, and equilibrium constants. Acc Chem Res
49(5):952–965
19. Mayr H, Gorath G (1995) Kinetics of the reactions of carboxonium ions and aldehyde boron trihalide complexes with alkenes and allylsilanes. J Am Chem Soc 117(30):7862–7868
20. Gualandi A, Cozzi PG (2013) Stereoselective organocatalytic alkylations with carbenium ions.
Synlett 24(3):281–296
21. Adero PO, Amarasekara H, Wen P, Bohe L, Crich D (2018) The experimental evidence in support
of glycosylation mechanisms at the s(n)1-s(n)2 interface. Chem Rev 118(17):8242–8284
22. Appel R, Chelli S, Tokuyasu T, Troshin K, Mayr H (2013) Electrophilicities of benzaldehydederived iminium ions: quantification of the electrophilic activation of aldehydes by iminium formation. J Am Chem Soc 135(17):6579–6587
23. Lee YS, Alam MM, Keri RS (2013) Enantioselective reactions of N-acyliminium ions using chiral
organocatalysts. Chem Asian J 8(12):2906–2919
24. Huang YY, Cai C, Yang X, Lv ZC, Schneider U (2016) Catalytic asymmetric reactions with N,
O-aminals. ACS Catalysis 6(9):5747–5763
25. Yamamoto Y (2007) From σ- to π-electrophilic Lewis acids. Application to selective organic transformations. J Org Chem 72(21):7817–7831
26. Alba AN, Viciano M, Rios R (2009) The Holy Grail of organocatalysis: intermolecular α-alkylation
of aldehydes. Chem Cat Chem 1(4):437–439
27. List B, Čorić I, Grygorenko OO, Kaib PJS, Komarov I, Lee A, Leutzsch M, Pan SC, Tymtsunik
AV, van Gemmeren M (2013) The catalytic asymmetric α-benzylation of aldehydes. Angew Chem
Int Ed 53(1):282–285
28. Renzi P, Hioe J, Gschwind RM (2017) Enamine/dienamine and Brønsted acid catalysis: elusive
intermediates, reaction mechanisms, and stereoinduction modes based on in situ NMR spectroscopy and computational studies. Acc Chem Res 50(12):2936–2948
29. Lakhdar S, Mayr H (2011) Counterion effects in iminium-activated electrophilic aromatic substitutions of pyrroles. Chem Commun 47(6):1866–1868
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