The article Cooperative Organocatalysis for the Asymmetric γ-Alkylation of α-Branched Enals, coauthored by Prof. Melchiorre and published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9685-9688, has been selected by the Editorial Board of SYNFACT for its important insights.In this work, the authors have described the direct and enantioselective γ-alkylation of α-substituted, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes proceeding under dienamine catalysis. A cooperative catalysis system, involving dienamine activation of α-branched enals and chiral Br