Contents
New Concepts for Organocatalysis
S.C. Pan, B. List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Biomimetic Organocatalytic C–C-Bond Formations
D. Enders, M.R.M. Hüttl, O. Niemeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Organocatalytic Syntheses of Bioactive Natural Products
M. Christmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Asymmetric Organocatalysis on a Technical Scale:
Current Status and Future Challenges
H. Gröger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Nucleophilic Carbenes as Organocatalysts
F. Glorius, K. Hirano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Organocatalysts Displaying
Diverse Modes of Action
K. Zeitler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183