A lot of reactions with nucleophiles' rates are determined by how good a leaving group you have. For leaving group reasons and others, DMAP is a great organocatalyst:
I am a sucker for non-pharmaceutical chemicals with their own domains, so please enjoy dmapcatalyst.com.
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