IntroductionThe aldol reaction and the related Claisen reaction are some of the most powerful methods for carbon-carbon bond formation [1]. Particularly since the mid-1980s, intensive research in this field has generated several new routes to stereo-and regiocontrol [2] as well as new catalytic reaction types. Although, overall, many variations of these reactions exist, only a few of them are generally applicable pathways for the creation of quaternary carbon centers.Formally, there exist two main reaction types to create a quaternary stereocenter via aldol additions (and related reactions). The first pathway is the addition of a carbonyl compound 1 (or a correspondding activated species) with two different -substituents (R 2 R 3 ) to another carbonyl compound 2. This method generates a quaternary carbon atom next to the carbonyl group of the aldols 3 and 4 (Scheme 3.1).The second pathway (Scheme 3.2) is the aldol addition of an enolizable carbonyl compound 5 to a carbonyl function 6 with two different substituents (R 2 R 3 ), which creates an aldol 7 with an asymmetric tertiary alcohol. Scheme 3.1 Scheme 3.2 Quaternary Stereocenters: Challenges and Solutions for Organic Synthesis. Edited