@article { ISI:000371566100001,
	title = {Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions},
	journal = {Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2016},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {444-461},
	publisher = {BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT},
	address = {TRAKEHNER STRASSE 7-9, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 60487, GERMANY},
	abstract = {<p>N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as a powerful class of organocatalysts that mediate a variety of organic transformations. The Benzoin reaction constitutes one of the earliest known carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions catalysed by NHCs. The rapid growth of NHC catalysis in general has resulted in the development of a variety of benzoin and benzoin-type reactions. An overview of such NHC-catalysed benzoin reactions is presented.</p>},
	keywords = {acyloin reaction, benzoin reaction, N-heterocyclic carbenes, organocatalysis, umpolung},
	issn = {1860-5397},
	doi = {10.3762/bjoc.12.47},
	author = {Menon, Rajeev S. and Biju, Akkattu T. and Nair, Vijay}
}
