@article { ISI:000295817100054,
	title = {Efficient synthesis of benzofuranones: N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)/base-catalyzed hydroacylation-stetter-rearrangement cascade},
	journal = {Organic Letters},
	volume = {13},
	number = {20},
	year = {2011},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {5624-5627},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>A N-heterocyclic carbene/base-catalyzed cascade reaction leading to the formation of functionalized benzofuranones is reported. The reaction proceeds via an intramolecular hydroacylation of unactivated alkynes followed by an intermolecular Stetter reaction and a base-catalyzed chromanone to benzofuranone rearrangement.</p>},
	issn = {1523-7060},
	doi = {10.1021/ol2023483},
	author = {Padmanaban, Mohan and Biju, Akkattu T. and Glorius, Frank}
}
@article {42452,
	title = {Extending nhc-catalysis: reaction of aldehydes with unconventional reaction partners},
	journal = {Accounts of Chemical Research},
	volume = {44},
	year = {2011},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {1182{\textendash}1195},
	abstract = {<p>Transition metal catalysis is a powerful means of effecting organic reactions, but it has some inherent drawbacks, such as the cost of the catalyst and the toxicity of the metals. Organocatalysis represents an attractive alternative and, in some cases, offers transformations unparalleled in metal catalysis. Unique transformations are a particular hallmark of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis, a versatile method for which a number of modes of action are known. The NHC-catalyzed umpolung (that is, the inversion of polarity) of electrophilic aldehydes, through formation of the nucleophilic Breslow intermediate, is probably the most important mode of action. In this Account, we discuss the reaction of Breslow intermediates with unconventional reaction partners.</p>},
	doi = {10.1021/ar2000716},
	author = {Biju, Akkattu T. and Kuhl, Nadine and Glorius, Frank}
}
