“…In that respect, since the pioneering example reported by Alexakis and co-workers in 1993 [5], a wide range of cyclic and acyclic electron-deficient alkenes, such as α,β-unsaturated ketones, esters, nitriles, sulfones, or nitroolefines, was intensively studied, leading to the expected 1,4-products in excellent yields and remarkable enantioselectivities. More recently, tremendous breakthroughs were achieved in this field, notably by the formation of all-carbon quaternary chiral centers [6] and the challenging 1,6-, 1,8-, or 1,10-selective addition to cyclic or aliphatic polyenic substrates [7][8][9]. Furthermore, Cu ECA transformations were also successfully applied to the synthesis of natural products [10].…”