Organocatalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Michael Reactions

Abstract Since R. C. Fuson formulated the principle of vinylogy, this platform has been extensively developed through combining diverse predominant chemical transformations. Among them, asymmetric vinylogous Michael reaction has been recognized as an efficient method to build chiral 1,7‐dioxo C chains (1,9‐dioxo C chains for bisvinylogous manifold) with diverse functional groups, which provides robust approaches to access numerous chiral compounds with pharmaceutical importance. In this review, the advances in the area of organocatalytic asymmetric vinylogous Michael reactions on the period from 2014 to nowadays are discussed, including the current scope, limitations of the transformations and applications in asymmetric synthesis of complex and valuable compounds.