Cover -- Volume 1 -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Catalyst Structures -- Chapter 1 Privileged Catalyst Structures in Organocatalytic Reactions -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Catalysts for Organocatalysis Based on Imine/Iminium Intermediates -- 1.2.1 Chiral Amine Catalysts -- 1.2.2 Carbonyl Catalysts -- 1.3 Catalysts for Organocatalysis Based on Brønsted Acid-Base Interactions -- 1.3.1 Brønsted Acid Catalysts -- 1.3.2 Hydrogen-bonding Organocatalysts -- 1.3.3 Brønsted Base Catalysts -- 1.3.4 Synthetic Peptide Catalysts

1.4 Catalysts for Organocatalysis Based on Lewis Acid-Base Interactions -- 1.4.1 Carbene Catalysts -- 1.4.2 Lewis Base Catalysts -- 1.4.3 Lewis Acid Catalysts -- 1.4.4 Halogen- and Chalcogen-Bonding Catalysts -- 1.5 Catalysts for Organocatalysis Based on Cation-Anion Interactions -- 1.5.1 Phase-Transfer Catalysts -- 1.5.2 Asymmetric Counteranion Catalysis -- 1.6 Chiral Ketone Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidation -- 1.7 Privileged Structures of Organocatalysts -- 1.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 Synthetic Peptide-Mediated Asymmetric Organocatalysis -- 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Dipeptides -- 2.3 Tripeptides -- 2.3.1 1,4-Conjugate Additions -- 2.3.2 Aldol and Mannich Reactions -- 2.3.3 Epoxidation -- 2.3.4 Atroposelective Processes -- 2.3.5 Asymmetric Dakin-West Reaction -- 2.4 Tetrapeptides -- 2.4.1 Asymmetric Resolution of Chiral Alcohols -- 2.4.2 Atroposelective Reactions -- 2.4.3 Control of Helically Chiral Loratadine Analogues -- 2.4.4 Desymmetrizing Processes -- 2.4.5 Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkenes -- 2.5 Oligopeptides -- 2.5.1 Kinetic Resolution -- 2.5.2 Asymmetric Epoxidation -- 2.5.3 Helical Foldamers -- 2.6 Summary and Conclusions -- References

Chapter 3 Carbohydrates: A Promising Moiety for Organocatalysis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Advantages of Carbohydrate Moiety for Organocatalyst Development -- 3.3 Classification of Carbohydrate-Based Organocatalysts Based on the Structure/Functional Groups -- 3.3.1 Sugar-Based Ketone Organocatalyst -- 3.3.2 Sugar-Based Prolinamide, Pyrrolidines, and Pyrrolidine Amides as Organocatalysts -- 3.3.3 Sugar Amino Alcohols as Organocatalysts -- 3.3.4 Sugar Crown Ethers (Ether Functionality) for Asymmetric Syntheses -- 3.3.5 Sugar Thiourea/Urea-amines as Bifunctional Orgaonocatalysts

3.3.5.1 Sugar Thiourea-Primary Amine Bifunctional Organocatalysts -- 3.3.5.2 Sugar Bifunctional Thiourea-Secondary Amine Organocatalysts -- 3.3.5.3 Sugar Bifunctional Thiourea-Tertiary Amines Organocatalysts -- 3.3.6 Polymeric Sugar Scaffolds as Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Syntheses -- 3.3.7 Other Carbohydrate Derivatives in Catalysis -- 3.3.7.1 Organocatalysts with Amine Functionality -- 3.3.7.2 Organocatalysts with Urea/Thiourea-phosphine Bifunctionality -- 3.3.7.3 Carbohydrate Sulfuric Acids as Organocatalysts -- 3.4 Conclusion and Future Prospects -- Acknowledgments -- Conflict of Interest