A variety of chiral and achiral α-substituted acrylates were furnished in very good yields with excellent selectivity by using an organocatalytic reductive coupling reaction (TCRA) followed by an Eschenmoser methylenation.
A synthetic strategy for bio-based polycarbonate was developed via one-pot polymerization of renewable monomer isosorbide and dimethyl carbonate using eco-friendly organo-catalysts.