Resumen: The structural motif that results from the fusion of a benzene ring to a heterocyclic pyran ring, known as chromene, is broadly found in nature and it has been reported to be associated with a wide range of biological activity. Moreover, asymmetric organocatalysis is a discipline in expansion that is already recognized as a well-established tool for obtaining enantiomerically enriched compounds. This review covers the particular case of the asymmetric synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-chromenes using organocatalysis. Herein, we show the most illustrative examples of the methods developed by diverse research groups, following a classification based on these five different approaches: (1) addition of naphthol compounds to substituted a, a-dicyanoolefins; (2) addition of malononitrile to substituted o-vinylphenols; (3) addition of malononitrile to N-protected o-iminophenols; (4) Michael addition of nucleophiles to 2-iminochromene derivatives; and (5) organocatalyzed formal 4+2] cycloaddition reaction. In most cases, chiral thioureas have been found to be effective catalysts to promote the synthetic processes, and generally a bifunctional mode of action has been envisioned for them. In addition, squaramides and cinchona derivatives have been occasionally used as suitable catalysts for the substrates activation. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.3390/sym7031519 Año: 2015 Publicado en: SYMMETRY-BASEL 7, 3 (2015), 1519-1535 ISSN: 2073-8994 Factor impacto JCR: 0.841 (2015) Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 30 / 62 = 0.484 (2015) - Q2 - T2 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.349 - Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Mathematics (miscellaneous) (Q3) - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q3)