Abstract

Recent advances in enantioselective catalysis with chiral Brønsted acids and Brφnsted bases are reviewed. These catalysts are capable of highly enantioselective amination, aza-Henry, conjugate addition, Friedel-Crafts alkylation, Mannich, and Morita-Baylis-Hillman reactions.

Keywords: amination, aza-henry reaction, bronsted acids, bronsted bases, conjugate addition, mannich reaction, morita- baylis-hillman reaction