Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives are prepared via a [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction as a key step using Wilkinson's and CpCo(CO)2 catalysts.

A simple flavin-based catalytic system is able to transform light into chemical output with amplified response utilizing a Cu(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction.

A metal-free and formal [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of triynes has emerged recently as a novel methodology for the synthesis of fused tricyclic compounds via an intramolecular cascade propargylic ene reaction, Diels-Alder cycloaddition and tautomerization. DFT calculations on three model systems reveal that the ene reaction with low distortion energy makes the metal-free strategy feasible and, as...

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of pyridynes and organic azides was investigated. Thus, 3,4-pyridynes and 2,3-pyridynes were reacted with various organic azides under mild conditions to afford the corresponding [1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-c]pyridines and [1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-b]pyridines, respectively. In the case of the reaction of 3,4-pyridyne, it was also found that a substituent on pyridine ring affected t...

The first study of pseudo-bimolecular cycloaddition reaction dynamics in the gas phase is presented. We used femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) to study the [2+2] photocycloaddition in the model system pseudo-gem-divinyl[2.2]paracyclophane. From X-ray crystal diffraction measurements we found that the ground-state molecule can exist in two conformers; a reactive one in...

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions of azomethine ylides play an important role in the synthesis of highly substituted pyrollidines which are found in the structures of many important natural products and pharmaceuticals . Using this chemistry, four chiral centers can be created in a single step. The asymmetric version of this reaction has been tried both with achiral azomethine ylides and chir...

The Diels–Alder cycloaddition is arguably the most powerful reaction for the construction of substituted six-membered rings from various 2p and 4p reactants. However, unactivated 2p and 4p systems either require very harsh conditions or fail to undergo cycloadditions. In many cases, transition metal catalysts facilitated chemical transformations that were inaccessible under thermal conditions a...

A latent catalyst for the [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of azides and alkynes has been developed in accordance with the principles of Click chemistry.

We report a chemical lipidation model for the study of protein lipidations in vitro and in live mammalian cells based on a bioorthogonal, photoinduced tetrazole-alkene cycloaddition reaction.

Borylalkenes are found to serve as efficient dienophiles in a cycloaddition reaction with o-quinodimethanes, giving diverse boryltetralins, which are convertible into borylnaphthalenes via an oxidative aromatization.