The Melchiorre’s Group

Diastereodivergent asymmetric sulfa-Michael additions of alpha-branched enones using a single chiral organic catalyst

X. Tian, C. Cassani, Y. Liu, A. Moran, A. Urakawa, P. Galzerano, E. Arceo, P. Melchiorre

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17934-17941.

Highlighted in Science 2011, 334, 570 & in Synfact 2012, 213
Asymmetric catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions with in situ generated heterocyclic ortho-quinodimethanes

Y. Liu, M. Nappi, E. Arceo, S. Vera, Paolo Melchiorre

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15212-15218.
Asymmetric Michael addition of nitrobenzyl pyridines to enals via iminium catalysis

S. Vera, Y. Liu, M. Marigo, E. C. Escudero-Adán, P. Melchiorre

Synlett 2011, 489-494.
Multiple approaches to enantiopure spirocyclic benzofuranones using organocatalytic cascade reactions

C. Cassani, X. Tian, E. C. Escudero-Adán, P. Melchiorre

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 233-235.