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      7  PART I: ASYMMETRIC ORGANOCATALYSIS 1 ASYMMETRIC ENAMINE AND IMINIUM ION CATALYSIS 1.1. INTRODUCTION 1.2. REPRESENTATIVE ORGANOCATALYSTS 1.3. ENAMINE 1.4. IMINIUM ION 1.5. DOMINO REACTION 1.6. DOMINO REACTION AND TOTAL SYNTHESIS 1.7. COMBINATION OF TWO CATALYSTS 1.8. CONCLUSION REFERENCES 2 ASYMMETRIC ACID ORGANOCATALYSIS 2.1. INTRODUCTION 2.2. FEATURES OF CHIRAL BRØNSTED ACIDS 2.3. NUCLEOPHILIC REACTIONS 2.4. CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS 2.5. MICHAEL REACTIONS 2.6. REDUCTION 2.7. ADDITION TO ALKENES 2.8. SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS 2.9. REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS 2.10. MISCELLANEOUS REACTIONS 2.11. CONSTRUCTION OF AXIALLY, PLANAR, AND HELICALLY CHIRAL COMPOUNDS 2.12. COMBINATION WITH TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS [25–27] 2.13. COMBINATION WITH PHOTOREDOX CATALYST 2.14. CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES 3 ASYMMETRIC BASE ORGANOCATALYSIS 3.1. INTRODUCTION 3.2. CHIRAL TERTIARY AMINE CATALYSTS: CHIRAL ACID–BASE BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSIS 3.3. CHIRAL GUANIDINE CATALYSTS 3.4. OTHER CHIRAL UNCHARGED ORGANOBASE CATALYSTS: CHIRAL ORGANOSUPERBASES 3.5. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK REFERENCES 4 ASYMMETRIC PHASE‐TRANSFER AND ION‐PAIR ORGANOCATALYSES 4.1. INTRODUCTION 4.2. CHIRAL CATION 4.3. CHIRAL‐ANION 4.4. CONCLUSION REFERENCES 5 ASYMMETRIC PEPTIDE CATALYSIS 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 CATALYSIS BY N‐TERMINAL AMINO GROUP OF PEPTIDES 5.3 CATALYSIS BY SIDE CHAIN FUNCTIONAL GROUP ON PEPTIDES 5.4 CATALYSIS BY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS COVALENTLY BOUND TO PEPTIDES 5.5 PEPTIDE CATALYSIS WITH OTHER TYPES OF CATALYTIC CENTERS 5.6 CONCLUSION REFERENCES 6 ASYMMETRIC CARBENE CATALYSIS 6.1. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ASYMMETRIC NHC CATALYSIS 6.2. ACTIVATION OF SUBSTRATES BEYOND ALDEHYDES 6.3. SINGLE‐ELECTRON TRANSFER ACTIVATION AND RADICAL REACTIONS 6.4. NHC AS NON‐COVALENT (BRØNSTED BASE) CATALYSTS 6.5. COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS OF NHCs WITH OTHER CATALYSTS 6.6. SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS OF NHC CATALYSIS 6.7. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK REFERENCES 7 ASYMMETRIC HYPERVALENT IODINE CATALYSIS 7.1 INTRODUCTION 7.2 OXIDATIVE DEAROMATIVE COUPLING OF ARENOLS 7.3 OXIDATIVE α‐FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS 7.4 OXIDATIVE DIFUNCTIONALIZAITON OF ALKENES 7.5 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK REFERENCES

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