Recent Advancement and Novel Application of Organocatalyzed Aldol Condensation Reactions: A Comprehensive Review

Background: Aldol reactions play an important role in the development of organic synthesis- owing to their critical importance for the conjugation of carbon-carbon bonds while concurrently, one or two chiral centers are reported. In the modern scenario, the Aldol condensation reaction has arisen as perhaps the most significant reaction for the formation of novel medicinal agents, revealing promising pharmacological activities. Objective: The purpose of this study is to present newer synthetic approaches through Aldol condensation reaction for the synthesis of diverse scaffolds to explore the numerous remarkable biological activities. Methods: Aldol condensation concerns the nucleophilic addition reaction of a ketone enolate to an aldehyde to form aldol or β- hydroxy ketone. Occasionally, the aldol addition product losing water molecule yields an α, β-unsaturated ketone. Results: Results showed that peptides of amino acids are utilized as chiral catalysts. As of now, the arrangement of catalysts is intensely one-sided towards proline. Conclusion: The present study thus provides useful insight concerning the promising coherent way for the synthesis of prolinamide analogue of proline, through a direct asymmetric aldol condensation reaction. Thus, the current study summarizes various Aldol condensation reactions for the synthesis of novel agents as well as their promising pharmacological importance.